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Mastoparan
General Information
DCTPep ID DCTPep00514
Peptide Name Mastoparan
Sequence INLKALAALAKKIL
Sequence Length 14
UniProt ID P01514
PubChem CID 6324633
Origin Vespula lewisii
Type Native peptide
Classification
ACP Tumor active peptide Cell-penetrating peptides Induce apoptosis
Activity Information
| Cell Line | Disease | Activity | Assay | Testing Time | Literature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A2058 | Amelanotic melanoma | IC50=140 µM | MTT assay | 24h | 1 |
| SiHa | Human papillomavirus-related cervical squamous cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix uteri | IC50=172.1 µM | MTT assay | 24h | 1 |
| MDA-MB-231 | Breast adenocarcinoma | IC50=251.25 µM | MTT assay | 24h | 1 |
| U-87MG ATCC | Glioblastoma | IC50=311.7 µM | MTT assay | 24h | 1 |
| SK-BR-3 | Breast adenocarcinoma | IC50=320.3 µM | MTT assay | 24h | 1 |
| MCF-7 | Invasive breast carcinoma of no special type | IC50=432.5 µM | MTT assay | 24h | 1 |
| Jurkat | Childhood T acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Precursor T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia | IC50=77.9 µM | MTT assay | 24h | 1 |
Hemolytic Activity Not available
Normal (non-cancerous) Cytotoxicity non-tumor cells (melan-a and HaCaT) were more resistant to mastoparan treatment, and their IC50 values were 411.5 and 428 μM
Target Not available
Affinity Not available
Mechanism Mastoparan induces apoptosis in B16F10-Nex2 melanoma cells via the intrinsic mitochondrial pathway
Structure Information
PDB ID 1D7N
Predicted Structure DCTPep00514
(Please note that there is the predicted structure, predicted by AlphaFold)
Helicity Not available
Linear/Cyclic Linear
Disulfide/Other Bond Not available
N-terminal Modification Free
C-terminal Modification Free
Other Modification None
Chiral L
Physicochemical Information
Formula C70H130N18O16
Absent amino acids CDEFGHMPQRSTVWY
Theoretical pI 10.30
Acidic residues 0
Basic residues 3
Polar residues 1
Molecular weight (Average) 1479.91
Molecular weight (Monoisotopic) 1478.99
Common amino acids AL
Net charge 3
Instability index (II) 10.91
Aliphatic index 195.71
Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY) 1.157
Half Life
20 hours (mammalian reticulocytes, in vitro).
30 min (yeast, in vivo).
>10 hours (Escherichia coli, in vivo).
Extinction coefficients
Should not be visible by UV spectrophotometry.
Amino acid distribution
Literature Information
Literature 1
Pubmed ID 25305549
Title Mastoparan induces apoptosis in B16F10-Nex2 melanoma cells via the intrinsic mitochondrial pathway and displays antitumor activity in vivo
Doi 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.07.018
Year 2015
Patent
Patent ID Not available
Patent Title Not available
Other Iinformation Not available
Other Published ID Not available
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