• DRAMP ID

    • DRAMP02750
    • Peptide Name

    • Defensin (ants, insects, animals)
    • Source

    • Formica aquilonia (Red wood ant)
    • Family

    • Belongs to the invertebrate defensin family (Type 1 subfamily)
    • Gene

    • Not found
    • Sequence

    • FTCDLLSGAGVDHSACAAHCILRGKTGGRCNSDRVCVCRA
    • Sequence Length

    • 40
    • Protein Existence

    • Homology
    • Biological Activity

    • Antimicrobial, Antibacterial
    • Target Organism

    • No MICs found in DRAMP database
    • Hemolytic Activity

      • No hemolysis information or data found in the reference(s) presented in this entry
    • Cytotoxicity

      • Not included yet
    • Binding Target

    • Not found
    • 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

    • Bridge
    • Structure Description

    • Not found
    • Helical Wheel Diagram

    • DRAMP02750 helical wheel diagram
    • PDB ID

    • None
    • Predicted Structure

    • There is no predicted structure for DRAMP02750.
    • Formula

    • C166H276N58O53S6
    • Absent Amino Acids

    • EMPQWY
    • Common Amino Acids

    • C
    • Mass

    • 4124.73
    • PI

    • 8.36
    • Basic Residues

    • 7
    • Acidic Residues

    • 3
    • Hydrophobic Residues

    • 13
    • Net Charge

    • +4
    • Boman Index

    • -66.48
    • Hydrophobicity

    • 0.18
    • Aliphatic Index

    • 73.25
    • Half Life

      • Mammalian:1.1 hour
      • Yeast:3 min
      • E.coli:2 min
    • Extinction Coefficient Cystines

    • 375
    • Absorbance 280nm

    • 9.62
    • Polar Residues

    • 17

DRAMP02750

DRAMP02750 chydropathy plot
    • Function

    • Antibacterial peptide mostly active against Gram-positive bacteria (By similarity).
  • ·Literature 1
    • Title

    • Identification and molecular characterization of defensin gene from the ant Formica aquilonia.
    • Reference

    • Insect Mol Biol. 2005 Aug;14(4):335-338.
    • Author

    • Viljakainen L, Pamilo P.