General Information
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DRAMP ID
- DRAMP18422
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Peptide Name
- DefMT2 (defensin MT2;hard ticks, arachnids, arthropods, invertebrates, animals)
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Source
- Ixodes ricinus
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Family
- Belongs to the defensin family.
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Gene
- Not found
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Sequence
- GYFCPYNGYCDHHCRKKLRWRGGYCGGRWKLTCICVRG
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Sequence Length
- 38
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UniProt Entry
- No entry found
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Protein Existence
Activity Information
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Biological Activity
- Antiparasitic, Antimalarial
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Target Organism
- No MICs found in DRAMP database
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Hemolytic Activity
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- No hemolysis information or data found in the reference(s) presented in this entry
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Cytotoxicity
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- Not included yet
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Binding Target
- Not found
Structure Information
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Linear/Cyclic
- Not included yet
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N-terminal Modification
- Not included yet
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C-terminal Modification
- Not included yet
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Nonterminal Modifications and Unusual Amino Acids
- Not included yet
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Stereochemistry
- Not included yet
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Structure
- Bridge
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Structure Description
- Not found
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Helical Wheel Diagram
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PDB ID
- None
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Predicted Structure
- There is no predicted structure for DRAMP18422.
Physicochemical Information
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Formula
- C199H293N63O46S6
Absent Amino Acids
- AEMQS
Common Amino Acids
- G
Mass
- 4514.29
PI
- 9.46
Basic Residues
- 10
Acidic Residues
- 1
Hydrophobic Residues
- 7
Net Charge
- +9
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Boman Index
- -7836
Hydrophobicity
- -0.656
Aliphatic Index
- 37.44
Half Life
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- Mammalian:30 hour
- Yeast:>20 hour
- E.coli:>10 hour
Extinction Coefficient Cystines
- 17335
Absorbance 280nm
- 456.18
Polar Residues
- 19
DRAMP18422
Comments Information
Fuction
- The peptide showed no activity against bacteria. It showed antimalarial activity.
Literature Information
- ·Literature 1
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Title
- Antiplasmodial Activity Is an Ancient and Conserved Feature of Tick Defensins.
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Pubmed ID
- 27822206
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Reference
- Front Microbiol. 2016 Oct 24;7:1682.
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Author
- Cabezas-Cruz A, Tonk M, Bouchut A, Pierrot C, Pierce RJ, Kotsyfakis M, Rahnamaeian M, Vilcinskas A, Khalife J, Vald
- ·Literature 2
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Title
- Ixodes ricinus defensins attack distantly-related pathogens.
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Pubmed ID
- 26255244
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Reference
- Dev Comp Immunol. 2015 Dec;53(2):358-65.
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Author