General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe02033

Peptide Name   RVFV-6

Sequence  WNFFDWFSGLMSWFGGPLK

Sequence Length  19

UniProt ID  P03518 

Taxon ID  11588 

Source  Synthetic Construct

Validation   Experimentally Validated



Origin Information


Gene Name/ID  GP

GenBank  P03518

Amino Acid position  450-468

Domain Accession ID  pfam19019 

Nucleotide sequence ID  M11157 

Molecular Type  Genomic RNA

Chromosomal Position  Not Available



Activity Information


Target Organism  RVFV, Ebola virus

Assay  Not Available

Activity  Not Avaialble

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  Not Found

Mechanism  Fusion inhibitor



Structure Information


PDB ID  4HJ1 

Predicted Structure Download  No predicted structure available

Linear/Cyclic  Cyclic

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Free

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C117H148N24O25S1

Absent amino acids  ARCQEHITYVOU

Common amino acids  GFW

Mass  2322.67

Pl  5.84

Basic residues  1

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues 

Net charge  0

Boman Index 

Hydrophobicity  0.142

Aliphatic Index  41.05

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:2.8 hours
  •     Yeast:3 min
  •     E.coli:2 min

Extinction Coefficient cystines  16500

Absorbance 280nm  7.104

Polar residues  0



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   A fusion-inhibiting peptide against Rift Valley fever virus inhibits multiple, diverse viruses

Pubmed ID   24069485

Reference   PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 7(9), e2430. 

Author   Koehler, J. W., Smith, J. M., Ripoll, D. R., Spik, K. W., Taylor, S. L., Badger, C. V., Grant, R. J., Ogg, M. M., Wallqvist, A., Guttieri, M. C., Garry, R. F., & Schmaljohn, C. S. (2013).

DOI   10.1371/journal.pntd.0002430