General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe01087

Peptide Name   12(derived from HCV C5A)

Sequence  WICEVLSDFK

Sequence Length  10

UniProt ID  P26664 

Source  Synthetic construct(derived from HCV non-structural protein 5A)



Activity Information


Target Organism  HCV

Assay  RT-QPCR assay

Activity 

  • [Ref.18287023]Hepatitis C virus(HCV):inhibition of HCV infection in Huh-7.5.1 cells(IC50>27 μM).

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

Cytotoxicity  No cytotoxicity information found in the reference(s) presented

Binding Target  membrane

Mechanism  The peptide destabilizes viral structural integrity and has viral membranolytic activity.It interacts with the viral membrane to disrupt its integrity, release viral capsids, and expose the viral genome to exonucleases for degradation.



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe01087

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Free

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C58H86N12O16S

Absent amino acids  AGHMNPQRTY

Common amino acids  CDEFIKLSVW

Mass  1239.45

Pl  4.37

Basic residues  1

Acidic residues  2

Hydrophobic residues  5

Net charge  -1

Boman Index  -401

Hydrophobicity  52

Aliphatic Index  107

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:2.8 hour
  •     Yeast:3 min
  •     E.coli:2 min

Extinction Coefficient cystines  5500

Absorbance 280nm  611.11

Polar residues  2



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   A virocidal amphipathic {alpha}-helical peptide that inhibits hepatitis C virus infection in vitro.

Pubmed ID   18287023

Reference   Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Feb 26;105(8):3088-93.

Author   Cheng G, Montero A, Gastaminza P, Whitten-Bauer C, Wieland SF, Isogawa M, Fredericksen B, Selvarajah S, Gallay PA, Ghadiri MR, Chisari FV.

DOI   10.1073/pnas.0712380105