Peptide name : Brevinin-1BLa

Source/Organism : North America, leopard frog

Linear/Cyclic : Not found

Chirality : L

Peptide length: 24

C-terminal modification: Not found

N-terminal modification : Free

Non-natural peptide information: None

Assay type : Not specified

Assay time : Not found

Activity : Not found

Cell line : Not found

Cancer type : Not found

Other activity : Anti-microbial activity

Amino acid composition bar chart :

Molecular mass : 2537.1792 Dalton

Aliphatic index : 1.141

Instability index : 19.5083

Hydrophobicity (GRAVY) : 1.1542

Isoelectric point : 9.7013

Charge (pH 7) : 3.7363

Aromaticity : 0.125

Molar extinction coefficient (cysteine, cystine): (0, 125)

Hydrophobic/hydrophilic ratio : 3.8

hydrophobic moment : -0.101

Missing amino acid : R,W,H,Q,T,M,E,D,Y,N

Most occurring amino acid : A

Most occurring amino acid frequency : 5

Least occurring amino acid : V

Least occurring amino acid frequency : 1

Secondary structure fraction (Helix, Turn, Sheet): (0.4, 0.1, 0.3)

SMILES Notation: CC[C@H](C)[C@H](NC(=O)[C@H](C)NC(=O)[C@H](CS)NC(=O)[C@H](Cc1ccccc1)NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@H](CCCCN)NC(=O)[C@@H]1CCCN1C(=O)[C@H](CC(C)C)NC(=O)[C@H](Cc1ccccc1)NC(=O)[C@H](CCCCN)NC(=O)[C@H](C)NC(=O)[C@H](C)NC(=O)[C@H](C)NC(=O)CNC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@H](C)NC(=O)[C@@H]1CCCN1C(=O)[C@H](CC(C)C)NC(=O)[C@@H](N)Cc1ccccc1)[C@@H](C)CC)C(C)C)[C@@H](C)CC)C(=O)N[C@@H](CO)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCCCN)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCCCN)C(=O)N[C@@H](CS)C(=O)O

1 : Conlon JM, et al. Peptides with potent cytolytic activity from the skin secretions of the North American leopard frogs, Lithobates blairi and Lithobates yavapaiensis. Toxicon. 2009; 53:699-705. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.02.018

Paper title : Peptides with potent cytolytic activity from the skin secretions of the North American leopard frogs, Lithobates blairi and Lithobates yavapaiensis.

Doi : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.02.018

Abstract : Six structurally similar and strongly cationic peptides belonging to the brevinin-1 family were isolated from skin secretions of the plains leopard frog Lithobates blairi and the lowland leopard frog Lithobates yavapaiensis on the basis of their antimicrobial activities. Brevinin-1BLc (FLPIIAGIAAKFLPKIFCTISKKC) from L. blairi represented the most potent peptide (MIC=25microM Escherichia coli, MIC=1.5microM Staphylococcus aureus, MIC=3microM Candida albicans, LC(50)=9microM human erythrocytes and LC(50)=6microM HepG2 human hepatoma-derived cells). The appreciably lower antimicrobial potencies of brevinin-1Ya and -1Yc from L. yavapaiensis correlate with the decreases in cationicity produced by the amino acid substitutions Lys(11)-->Asn (brevinin-1Ya) and Pro(14)-->Glu (brevinin-1Yc). In addition, a peptide isolated from the skin secretions of L. yavapaiensis belonging to the ranatuerin-2 family (ranatuerin-2Ya; GLMDTIKGVAKTVAASWLDKLKCKIT GC) inhibited the growth of E. coli (MIC=50microM) and S. aureus (MIC=50microM). In contrast to brevinin-1BLc, ranatuerin-2Ya showed appreciably greater cytolytic activity against HepG2 cells (LC(50)=20microM) than against erythrocytes (LC(50)>100microM).