General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe01204

Peptide Name   Mucroporin-M1

Sequence  LFRLIKSLIKRLVSAFK

Sequence Length  17

UniProt ID  B9UIY3 

Source  Synthetic construct(derived from Mucroporin)



Activity Information


Target Organism  SARS-CoV,H5N1,MeV

Assay  Plaque formation assay

Activity 

  • [Ref.21620914]measles virus (MeV):inhibition of MeV infection in Vero cells(EC50=7.15 μg/ml (3.52 μM));
  • SARS-CoV(pseudoviruse):inhibition of SARS-CoV infection in MDCK cells(EC50=14.46 μg/ml (7.12 μM));
  • H5N1(pseudovirus):inhibition of H5N1 infection in MDCK cells(EC50=2.10 μg/ml (1.03 μM)).

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

Cytotoxicity 

  • [Ref.21620914]Vero cells:CC50=70.46μg/ ml(34.70μM);
  • HeLa-ACE2 cells:CC50=61.58 μg/ml (30.31 μM);
  • MDCK cells:CC50=83.35 μg/ml (41.03 μM).

Binding Target  membrane

Mechanism  Mucroporin-M1 may bind to the virus envelope by surface charge interactions and inhibits MeV, SARS-CoV and influenza H5N1 by direct virucidal action.



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe01204

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Amidation

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C98H170N26O20

Absent amino acids  CDEGHMNPQTWY

Common amino acids  L

Mass  2032.59

Pl  12.02

Basic residues  5

Acidic residues  0

Hydrophobic residues  10

Net charge  5

Boman Index  -1196

Hydrophobicity  79.41

Aliphatic Index  160.59

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:5.5 hour
  •     Yeast:3 min
  •     E.coli:2 min

Extinction Coefficient cystines  0

Absorbance 280nm  0

Polar residues  2



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Virucidal activity of a scorpion venom peptide variant mucroporin-M1 against measles, SARS-CoV and influenza H5N1 viruses. 

Pubmed ID   21620914

Reference   Peptides. 2011 Jul;32(7):1518-25.

Author   Li Q, Zhao Z, Zhou D, Chen Y, Hong W, Cao L, Yang J, Zhang Y, Shi W, Cao Z, Wu Y, Yan H, Li W. 

DOI   10.1016/j.peptides.2011.05.015