General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe01566

Peptide Name   Apelin-17

Sequence  KFRRQRPRLSHKGPMPF

Sequence Length  17

UniProt ID  Q9TUI9  K7GLR4 

Source  Synthetic construct



Activity Information


Target Organism  HIV

Assay  Reverse transcriptase assay

Activity 

  • [Ref.10802050]HIV:Inhibition of HIV infection in NP-2/CD4/APJ cells(IC50=4.8 μg/ml).

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  APJ receptor

Mechanism  APJ receptor could help HIV virus enter the target cells. The peptide can bind with APJ receptor and block virus entry, thus inhibiting virus infection.



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe01566

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Free

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C96H156N34O20S

Absent amino acids  ACDEINTVWY

Common amino acids  R

Mass  2138.57

Pl  12.48

Basic residues  7

Acidic residues  0

Hydrophobic residues  3

Net charge  7

Boman Index  -7021

Hydrophobicity  -160

Aliphatic Index  22.94

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:1.3 hour
  •     Yeast:3 min
  •     E.coli:2 min

Extinction Coefficient cystines  0

Absorbance 280nm  0

Polar residues  2



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Apelin peptides block the entry of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Pubmed ID   10802050

Reference   FEBS Lett. 2000 May 4;473(1):15-8.

Author   Zou MX, Liu HY, Haraguchi Y, Soda Y, Tatemoto K, Hoshino H.

DOI   10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01487-3