General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe02613

Peptide Name   155-172

Sequence  VRVLEDGVNYATGNLPGC

Sequence Length  18

UniProt ID  P27958 

Taxon ID  63746 

Source  HCV core protein

Validation   Experimentally Validated



Origin Information


Gene Name/ID  Not Available

GenBank  Not Available

Amino Acid position  155-172

Domain Accession ID  Not Available

Nucleotide sequence ID  Not Available

Molecular Type  Not Available

Chromosomal Position  Not Available



Activity Information


Target Organism  HCV

Assay  EMSA

Activity 

  • [Ref:22452666]HCV:IC50=decrease the initial rate and maximum OD strongly to levels as low as 82% and 100%,respectively.

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  NS5A protein

Mechanism  Peptide derived from the C-terminal end of NS5A protein moderately inhibits the assembly process.Exerts viral interference on hepatitis B virus when HCV and HBV coinfect the same cell, by suppressing HBV gene expression, RNA encapsidation and budding.



Structure Information


PDB ID  1A1R  1A1V 

Predicted Structure Download  No predicted structure available

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Free

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  H175C277N52O57S0

Absent amino acids  BHJKMQWXZ

Common amino acids  VR

Mass  4040.4091

Pl  5.63867816925048

Basic residues  7

Acidic residues  7

Hydrophobic residues  10

Net charge  -1.14213607063974

Boman Index  1.32

Hydrophobicity  -1.21470588235294

Aliphatic Index  83.24

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:1.1 hours
  •     Yeast:1 hours
  •     E.coli:1 hours

Extinction Coefficient cystines  11000

Absorbance 280nm  2.72249659075364

Polar residues  24



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Interfering with hepatitis C virus assembly in vitro using affinity peptides directed towards core protein.

Pubmed ID   22452666

Reference   Can J Microbiol. 2012

Author   Duvignaud JB, Majeau N, Delisle P, Voyer N, Gagne SM, Leclerc D.

DOI   10.1139/w2012-009