General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe02629

Peptide Name   15-32

Sequence  TNRRPQDVKFPGGGQIVG

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  15-32

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 105% and 101%,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  H50C74N14O15S0

Absent amino acids  BCEHJLMSWXZ

Common amino acids  TN

Mass  1129.2225

Pl  6.78495007

Basic residues  1

Acidic residues  0

Hydrophobic residues  6

Net charge  -0.1179502

Boman Index  0.595

Hydrophobicity  0.24545455

Aliphatic Index  80

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:4.4 hours
  •     Yeast:20 hours
  •     E.coli:10 hours

Extinction Coefficient cystines  1490

Absorbance 280nm  1.319492

Polar residues  5



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