General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe01615

Peptide Name   MU103

Sequence  RRRRRRRWWWRRRRRRRR

Sequence Length  18

UniProt ID  No entry found

Source  Synthetic construct



Activity Information


Target Organism  HSV

Assay  plaque reduction assay

Activity 

  • [Ref.17681018]HSV-1:inhibition of virus infection in NP-2/CD4/CCR5 cells(IC50>20 µM).

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  Not found

Mechanism  The anti-HSV1 activity of apoEdp involves inhibition of virus particle attachment to cells, with this likely being related to the derivation of this peptide from the apoE HSPG/LDLR binding region.



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe01615

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Free

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C123H212N66O19

Absent amino acids  ACDEFGHIKLMNPQSTVY

Common amino acids  R

Mass  2919.47

Pl  13.15

Basic residues  15

Acidic residues  0

Hydrophobic residues  3

Net charge  15

Boman Index  -21681

Hydrophobicity  -390

Aliphatic Index  0

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:1 hour
  •     Yeast:2 min
  •     E.coli:2 min

Extinction Coefficient cystines  16500

Absorbance 280nm  970.59

Polar residues  0



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Apolipoprotein E-derived antimicrobial peptide analogues with altered membrane affinity and increased potency and breadth of activity.

Pubmed ID   17681018

Reference   FEBS J. 2007 Sep;274(17):4511-25.

Author   Kelly BA, Neil SJ, McKnight A, Santos JM, Sinnis P, Jack ER, Middleton DA, Dobson CB.

DOI   10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05981.x