General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe01960

Peptide Name   Leaf cyclotide, Vhl-1

Sequence  CGESCAXISFCFTEVIGCSCKNKVCYLNSIS

Sequence Length  31

UniProt ID  P84522 

Source  Viola hederacea



Activity Information


Target Organism  HIV

Assay  cytopathic effect assay

Activity 

  • [Ref.15824119]HIV-1:inhibition of cytopathic effect(EC50=0.87 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  No mechanism information found in the reference(s).



Structure Information


PDB ID  1ZA8 

Predicted Structure Download  No predicted structure available

Linear/Cyclic  Cyclic

N-terminal Modification  No specific N-terminal

C-terminal Modification  No specific C-terminal

Other Modification  The 'X' at position 7 indicates Methionine sulfoxide. The N-terminal and C-terminal cyclized by a amide bond. Disulfide bonds between Cys1 and Cys18, Cys5 and Cys20, Cys11 and Cys25.

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C135H212N34O43S6

Absent amino acids  DHMPQRW

Common amino acids  C

Mass  3321.08

Pl  6.1

Basic residues  2

Acidic residues  2

Hydrophobic residues  9

Net charge  0

Boman Index  -1262

Hydrophobicity  62.9

Aliphatic Index  72.26

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:1.2 hour
  •     Yeast:>20 hour
  •     E.coli:>10 hour

Extinction Coefficient cystines  1865

Absorbance 280nm  62.17

Polar residues  17



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Isolation and characterization of novel cyclotides from Viola hederaceae: solution structure and anti-HIV activity of vhl-1, a leaf-specific expressed cyclotide.

Pubmed ID   15824119

Reference   J Biol Chem. 2005 Jun 10;280(23):22395-405.

Author   Chen B, Colgrave ML, Daly NL, Rosengren KJ, Gustafson KR, Craik DJ. 

DOI   10.1074/jbc.M501737200