General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe01212

Peptide Name   RJ10

Sequence  ARRAKRRARRAKRRARRKKRR

Sequence Length  21

UniProt ID  No entry found

Source  Synthetic construct



Activity Information


Target Organism  HSV

Assay  Plaque reduction assay,ELISA

Activity 

  • [Ref.15498607]herpes simplex virus 1(HSV-1):inhibition of HSV-1 infection in MRC-5 cells(IC50=24.6 μM);
  • herpes simplex virus 2(HSV-2):inhibition of HSV-2 infection in MRC-5 cells(IC50=54.7 μM).

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

Cytotoxicity 

  • [Ref.15498607]human fibroblasts(MRC-5 cells):CC50>422 μM.

Binding Target  Not found

Mechanism  The peptide was able to inhibit the entry of HSV-1 into the host cell, probably by blocking heparan sulfate(HS) at the cell surface.



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe01212

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Free

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C111H219N61O22

Absent amino acids  CDEFGHILMNPQSTVWY

Common amino acids  R

Mass  2760.36

Pl  13.04

Basic residues  16

Acidic residues  0

Hydrophobic residues  5

Net charge  16

Boman Index  -19219

Hydrophobicity  -288.57

Aliphatic Index  23.81

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:4.4 hour
  •     Yeast:>20 hour
  •     E.coli:>10 hour

Extinction Coefficient cystines  0

Absorbance 280nm  0

Polar residues  0



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   A wide range of medium-sized, highly cationic, alpha-helical peptides show antiviral activity against herpes simplex virus.

Pubmed ID   15498607

Reference   Antiviral Res. 2004 Nov;64(2):119-26.

Author   Jenssen H, Andersen JH, Mantzilas D, Gutteberg TJ. 

DOI   10.1016/j.antiviral.2004.08.003