General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe02283

Peptide Name   MCP-2

Sequence  VVCACRRALCLPLERRAGFCRIRGRIHPLCCRR

Sequence Length  33

UniProt ID  P01377 

Taxon ID  9986 

Source  Macrophage, lung, Rabbit,Oryctolagus cuniculus

Validation   Experimentally Validated



Origin Information


Gene Name/ID  Defensin alpha 4(protein)

GenBank  AAA31390.1

Amino Acid position  63-95

Domain Accession ID  Not Available

Nucleotide sequence ID  M28884 

Molecular Type  mRNA

Chromosomal Position  Scaffold GL018713: 117,470-184,536 forward strand.



Activity Information


Target Organism  HSV-1

Assay  Antiviral Assay

Activity 

  • [Ref:2985808]HSV-1:IC50=3.68 ± 0.11μM

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  MCP-1 and MCP-2 can directly neutralize several viruses in vitro and that HSV-1 strain Maclntyre and vesicular stomatitis virus strain Indiana are particularly susceptible to their action.



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download 

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Free

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C161H282N62O36S6

Absent amino acids  DKMNOQSTUWY

Common amino acids  R

Mass  3854.76

Pl  11.12

Basic residues  9

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues  12

Net charge  8

Boman Index  2.73

Hydrophobicity  0.139

Aliphatic Index  97.58

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:100hours
  •     Yeast:>20hours
  •     E.coli:>10hours

Extinction Coefficient cystines  375

Absorbance 280nm  0.097

Polar residues  17



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Direct inactivation of viruses by MCP-1 and MCP-2, natural peptide antibiotics from rabbit leukocytes

Pubmed ID   2985808

Reference   Journal of virology, 54(2), 467–472.

Author   Lehrer, R. I., Daher, K., Ganz, T., & Selsted, M. E. (1985).

DOI   10.1128/JVI.54.2.467-472.1985