General Information

    • DRAMP ID

    • DRAMP01126

    • Peptide Name

    • Maximin-H4 (Toads, amphibians, animals)

    • Source

    • Bombina maxima (Giant fire-bellied toad) (Chinese red belly toad)

    • Family

    • Belongs to the bombinin family

    • Gene

    • Not found

    • Sequence

    • ILGPVISKIGGVLGGLLKNL

    • Sequence Length

    • 20

    • Protein Existence

    • Protein level

Activity Information

    • Biological Activity

    • Antimicrobial, Antibacterial, Anti-Gram+, Anti-Gram-, Antifungal

    • Target Organism

      • [Ref.11835991] Gram-negative bacterium: Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 (MIC=12 μg/ml);
      • Gram-positive bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 2592 (MIC=6 μg/ml), Bacillus pyocyaneus CMCCB 1010 (MIC=12 μg/ml).
      • Yeast: Candida albicans ATCC 2002 (MIC=6 μg/ml).

    • Hemolytic Activity

      • [Ref:11835991]90–100% hemolytic activity at 50 μg/ml against rabbit red blood cells

    • Cytotoxicity

      • Not included yet

    • Binding Target

    • Cell membrane

Structure Information

    • Linear/Cyclic

    • Not included yet

    • N-terminal Modification

    • Not included yet

    • C-terminal Modification

    • Not included yet

    • Nonterminal Modifications and Unusual Amino Acids

    • Not included yet

    • Stereochemistry

    • Not included yet

    • Structure

    • Not found

    • Structure Description

    • Not found

    • Helical Wheel Diagram

    • DRAMP01126 helical wheel diagram

    • PDB ID

    • None

    • Predicted Structure

Physicochemical Information

    • Formula

    • C92H165N23O23

    • Absent Amino Acids

    • ACDEFHMQRTWY

    • Common Amino Acids

    • GL

    • Mass

    • 1961.46

    • PI

    • 10

    • Basic Residues

    • 2

    • Acidic Residues

    • 0

    • Hydrophobic Residues

    • 10

    • Net Charge

    • +2

    • Boman Index

    • 31

    • Hydrophobicity

    • 1.26

    • Aliphatic Index

    • 185

    • Half Life

      • Mammalian:20 hour
      • Yeast:30 min
      • E.coli:>10 hour

    • Extinction Coefficient Cystines

    • 0

    • Absorbance 280nm

    • 0

    • Polar Residues

    • 7

DRAMP01126

DRAMP01126 chydropathy plot

Comments Information

    • Function

    • Antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacteria and fungi. Shows strong hemolytic activity.

Literature Information

  • ·Literature 1

    • Title

    • Variety of antimicrobial peptides in the Bombina maxima toad and evidence of their rapid diversification.

    • Reference

    • Eur J Immunol. 2005 Apr;35(4):1220-9.

    • Author

    • Lai R, Zheng YT, Shen JH, Liu GJ, Liu H, Lee WH, Tang SZ, Zhang Y.
  • ·Literature 2

    • Title

    • Antimicrobial peptides from skin secretions of Chinese red belly toad Bombina maxima.

    • Reference

    • Peptides. 2002 Mar;23(3):427-435.

    • Author