General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00661

Peptide Name   LP-66

Sequence  EELLKKAEEQQKKNEEELKKLEX

Sequence Length  23

UniProt ID  P03377 

Source  Synthetic construct



Activity Information


Target Organism  HIV

Assay  cell-fusion assay,single-cycle infection assay

Activity 

  • [Ref.30089693]HIV-1 HXB2:inhibition of cell-cell fusion in TZM-bl cells(IC50=1008±248 pM);
  • HIV-1 NL4-3:inhibition of pseudovirus infection in TZM-bl cells(IC50=434±71 pM);
  • HIV-1 JRCSF:inhibition of virus infection in TZM-bl cells(IC50=1109±193 pM).

Hemolytic Activity  No hemolysis information or data found in the reference(s) presented in this entry

Cytotoxicity 

  • No cytotoxicity information or data found in the reference(s) presented in this entry

Binding Target  membrane

Mechanism  The peptide acts by binding to the heptad repeat 1 (HR1) region of gp41 and preventing the interaction of the HR1 and HR2 domains, which is required for virus–cell fusion.(By similar)



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download  No predicted structure available

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Acetylation

C-terminal Modification  Amidation

Other Modification  The 'X' at position 23 is Lys-C16(palmitic acid)

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C117H199N31O41

Absent amino acids  CDFGHIMPRSTVWY

Common amino acids  E

Mass  2825.4

Pl  4.94

Basic residues  6

Acidic residues  8

Hydrophobic residues  5

Net charge  -2

Boman Index  -8401

Hydrophobicity  -195.22

Aliphatic Index  72.17

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:1 hour
  •     Yeast:30 min
  •     E.coli:>10 hour

Extinction Coefficient cystines  0

Absorbance 280nm  0

Polar residues  1



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Structural and Functional Characterization of Membrane Fusion Inhibitors with Extremely Potent Activity against Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1), HIV-2, and Simian Immunodeficiency Virus.

Pubmed ID   30089693

Reference   J Virol. 2018 Sep 26;92(20):e01088-18.

Author   Chong H, Zhu Y, Yu D, He Y.

DOI   10.1128/JVI.01088-18