Identity
- Class
- Antimicrobial
- Molecular weight
- 2847 Da
- Residues
- 26
- Heavy atoms
- 201
- Reference slug
- melittin
These are published properties of the molecule, given for identification. Values we cannot confirm are omitted rather than estimated. What these terms mean.
What this compound is
Twenty-six residues, hydrophobic through the front and strongly basic at the tail. A proline near the middle bends the helix into two segments.
Sequence
| 1 | GIGAVLKVLT TGLPALISWI KRKRQQ |
|---|
- Three-letter code
- Gly-Ile-Gly-Ala-Val-Leu-Lys-Val-Leu-Thr-Thr-Gly-Leu-Pro-Ala-Leu-Ile-Ser-Trp-Ile-Lys-Arg-Lys-Arg-Gln-Gln
The one-letter code gives the amino-acid backbone. Terminal modifications, where a compound carries them, are accounted for in the molecular weight above but are not visible in the letters.
Residue composition
Counted directly from the sequence above. Melittin is built from 12 of the twenty standard amino acids across 26 positions.
By residue
| Residue | Code | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leucine | L · Leu | 4 | 15.4% |
| Glycine | G · Gly | 3 | 11.5% |
| Isoleucine | I · Ile | 3 | 11.5% |
| Lysine | K · Lys | 3 | 11.5% |
| Alanine | A · Ala | 2 | 7.7% |
| Glutamine | Q · Gln | 2 | 7.7% |
| Arginine | R · Arg | 2 | 7.7% |
| Threonine | T · Thr | 2 | 7.7% |
| Valine | V · Val | 2 | 7.7% |
| Proline | P · Pro | 1 | 3.8% |
| Serine | S · Ser | 1 | 3.8% |
| Tryptophan | W · Trp | 1 | 3.8% |
By side-chain class
Nonpolar, aliphatic
15 · 57.7%
A G I L P V
Aromatic
1 · 3.8%
W
Polar, uncharged
5 · 19.2%
Q S T
Positively charged
5 · 19.2%
K R
Side-chain classes follow the standard grouping of the twenty proteinogenic amino acids. Composition is arithmetic over the published sequence and says nothing about how the molecule behaves.
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