General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00838

Peptide Name   Magainin-1

Sequence  GIGKFLHSAGKFGKAFVGEIMKS

Sequence Length  23

UniProt ID  P11006 

Source  Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog)



Activity Information


Target Organism  HSV

Assay 

Activity 

  • [Ref.15081088]Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1):inhibition of HSV-1 infection in Vero cells(EC50=36.59 μM);
  • Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2):inhibition of HSV-2 infection in Vero cells(EC50=33.20 μM).

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

Cytotoxicity 

  • [Ref.15081088]Vero cells:CC50>100 μM.

Binding Target  Not found

Mechanism  No machanism information found in the reference(s) presented in this entry



Structure Information


PDB ID   

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe00838

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Free

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C112H177N29O28S

Absent amino acids  CDNPQRTWY

Common amino acids  G

Mass  2409.87

Pl  10

Basic residues  5

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues  9

Net charge  4

Boman Index  -206

Hydrophobicity  21.74

Aliphatic Index  72.17

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:30 hour
  •     Yeast:>20 hour
  •     E.coli:>10 hour

Extinction Coefficient cystines  0

Absorbance 280nm  0

Polar residues  7



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Antiviral activity of antimicrobial cationic peptides against Junin virus and herpes simplex virus. 

Pubmed ID   15081088

Reference    Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2004 Apr;23(4):382-9.

Author   Albiol Matanic VC, Castilla V. 

DOI   10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2003.07.022