General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe02068

Peptide Name   Aurein 1.2

Sequence  GLFDIIKKIAESF

Sequence Length  13

UniProt ID  P82387  

Taxon ID  116057 

Source  Southern bell frog Litoria aurea and Litoria raniformis, Australia

Validation   Experimentally Validated



Origin Information


Gene Name/ID  Not Available

GenBank  Not Available

Amino Acid position  1to13

Domain Accession ID  Not Available

Nucleotide sequence ID  Not Available

Molecular Type  Not Available

Chromosomal Position  Not Available



Activity Information


Target Organism  HIV-1

Assay  Inhibition assay

Activity 

  • [Ref:9568968]HIV-1: Aurein 1.2 EC₅₀ = 7.7 µM

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  Membrane

Mechanism  Aurein 1.2 interacts with membranes and can induce curvature and disintegration, which is crucial for its antimicrobial activity .This mechanism could theoretically be effective against viral membranes, although this has not been extensively studied in the context of HIV



Structure Information


PDB ID  1VM5 

Predicted Structure Download  No predicted structure available

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Amidation

Other Modification  F13 

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C71H113N15O19

Absent amino acids  RNCQHMPTWYVOU

Common amino acids  I

Mass  1480.77

Pl  6.07

Basic residues  2

Acidic residues  2

Hydrophobic residues  10

Net charge  0

Boman Index  0.12

Hydrophobicity  0.669

Aliphatic Index  127.69

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:30 hours
  •     Yeast:>20 hours
  •     E.coli:>10 hours

Extinction Coefficient cystines  0

Absorbance 280nm  0

Polar residues  13



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Identification of novel human immunodeficiency virus type 1-inhibitory peptides based on the antimicrobial peptide database

Pubmed ID   20086159

Reference   Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 54(3), 1343–1346

Author   Wang, G., Watson, K. M., Peterkofsky, A., & Buckheit, R. W., Jr (2010)

DOI   10.1128/AAC.01448-09

Literature 2

Title   Antimicrobial peptides melittin and cecropin inhibit replication of human immunodeficiency virus 1 by suppressing viral gene expression

Pubmed ID   9568968

Reference   The Journal of general virology, 79 ( Pt 4), 731–740

Author   Wachinger, M., Kleinschmidt, A., Winder, D., von Pechmann, N., Ludvigsen, A., Neumann, M., Holle, R., Salmons, B., Erfle, V., & Brack-Werner, R. (1998)

DOI   10.1099/0022-1317-79-4-731