General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe02620

Peptide Name   148-165

Sequence  ARALAHGVRVLEDGVNYA

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  148-165

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 92% and 97%,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  H96C131N29O27S1

Absent amino acids  BCIJKMQWXZ

Common amino acids  AR

Mass  2175.3415

Pl  6.9094274520874

Basic residues  3

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues  5

Net charge  -0.0743402383606897

Boman Index  1.103

Hydrophobicity  -1.04444444444444

Aliphatic Index  21.67

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:30 hours
  •     Yeast:15 hours
  •     E.coli:28 hours

Extinction Coefficient cystines  5500

Absorbance 280nm  2.52833865395387

Polar residues  13



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