General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe02661

Peptide Name   HBD2

Sequence  DPVTCLKSGAICHPVFCPRRYKQIGTCGLPGTKCCKP

Sequence Length  37

UniProt ID  Q9TT12 

Taxon ID  None

Source  Human alpha defensin

Validation   Experimentally Validated



Origin Information


Gene Name/ID  Not Available

GenBank  Not Available

Amino Acid position  Not Available

Domain Accession ID  Not Available

Nucleotide sequence ID  Not Available

Molecular Type  Not Available

Chromosomal Position  Not Available



Activity Information


Target Organism  BKV

Assay  Flow cytometry

Activity 

  • [Ref:18782756]BKV:IC50=45% in Vero cells

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  HBD2 inhibit BKV infection by targeting an early event in the viral lifecycle



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

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  H63C110N23O20S1

Absent amino acids  HMW

Common amino acids  CPTKG

Mass  1560.7777

Pl  10.8352174758911

Basic residues  3

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues  5

Net charge  1.79597634799492

Boman Index  0.865

Hydrophobicity  -0.633333333333333

Aliphatic Index  65.33

Half Life 

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

Extinction Coefficient cystines  0

Absorbance 280nm  0

Polar residues  10



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Human alpha-defensins inhibit BK virus infection by aggregating virions and blocking binding to host cells.

Pubmed ID   18782756

Reference   J Biol Chem. 2008

Author   Dugan AS, Maginnis MS, Jordan JA, Gasparovic ML, Manley K, Page R, Williams G, Porter E, O'Hara BA, Atwood WJ.

DOI   10.1074/jbc.M805902200