General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe01651

Peptide Name   Peptide 17(lactoferrin 418–421)

Sequence  SKHS

Sequence Length  4

UniProt ID  P24627 

Source  Synthetic construct



Activity Information


Target Organism  Influenza virus

Assay  Neutralization assay

Activity 

  • [Ref.28878220]A/Roma-ISS/02/08 H1N1:inhibition of virus replication in MDCK cells(EC50=3 ± 0.61 pM);
  • A/Parma/24/09 H1N1:inhibition of virus replication in MDCK cells(EC50=0.048 ± 0.0012 pM);
  • A/Parma0/5/06 H3N2:inhibition of virus replication in MDCK cells(EC50=5.0 ± 0.02 pM).

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  hemagglutinin (HA)

Mechanism  Hemagglutinin is the major glycoprotein component of the viral envelope along with neuraminidase (NA), peptide derived from Lactoferrin binds Influenza A virus hemagglutinin (HA) inhibiting the hemagglutination and infection of major virus subtypes.



Structure Information


PDB ID  3IB0 

Predicted Structure Download  No predicted structure available

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Acylation

C-terminal Modification  Amidation

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C18H31N7O7

Absent amino acids  ACDEFGILMNPQRTVWY

Common amino acids  S

Mass  457.49

Pl  8.49

Basic residues  2

Acidic residues  0

Hydrophobic residues  0

Net charge  2

Boman Index  -1701

Hydrophobicity  -217.5

Aliphatic Index  0

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:1.9 hour
  •     Yeast:>20 hour
  •     E.coli:>10 hour

Extinction Coefficient cystines  0

Absorbance 280nm  0

Polar residues  2



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Lactoferrin-derived Peptides Active towards Influenza: Identification of Three Potent Tetrapeptide Inhibitors.

Pubmed ID   28878220

Reference   Sci Rep. 2017 Sep 6;7(1):10593.

Author   Scala MC, Sala M, Pietrantoni A, Spensiero A, Di Micco S, Agamennone M, Bertamino A, Novellino E, Bifulco G, Gomez-Monterrey IM, Superti F, Campiglia P.

DOI   10.1038/s41598-017-10492-x

Literature 2

Title   Discovery of a Novel Tetrapeptide against Influenza A Virus: Rational Design, Synthesis, Bioactivity Evaluation and Computational Studies.

Pubmed ID   34681184

Reference   Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2021 Sep 23;14(10):959.

Author   Scala MC, Agamennone M, Pietrantoni A, Di Sarno V, Bertamino A, Superti F, Campiglia P, Sala M.

DOI   10.3390/ph14100959