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. 2020 Dec 26;29:e00583. doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00583

Table 2.

Physico-chemical properties of the bLFcin, hLFcin, cLFcin, and ConLFcin peptides.

Property bLFcin hLFcin cLFcin ConLFcin
Number of amino acids 30 30 30 30
36* 36* 36* 36*
Molecular weight (Daltons) 3655.47 3576.28 3542.26 3737.58
4478.31* 4399.12* 4365.11* 4560.42*
Theoretical pI 10.90 10.33 10.57 11.63
Total number of positively charged residues (Aspartic acid (D) + Glutamic acid (E)) 8 7 9 11
Total number of negatively charged residues (Arginine (R) + Lysine (K)) 1 1 1 1
Total number of atoms 520 504 503 535
622* 606* 605* 637*
Aliphatic index 71.67 58.33 45.33 48.67
59.72* 48.61* 37.78* 40.56*
Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY) −0.177 −0.717 −0.787 −0.863
−0.681* −1.131* −1.189* −1.253*
+Estimated half-life −1.1 h (mammalian reticulocytes, in vitro). −7.2 h (mammalian reticulocytes, in vitro). −1.9 h (mammalian reticulocytes, in vitro). −1.9 h (mammalian reticulocytes, in vitro).
−3 min (yeast, in vivo). - >20 h (yeast, in vivo). - >20 h (yeast, in vivo). - >20 h (yeast, in vivo).
−2 min (Escherichia coli, in vivo). - >10 h (Escherichia coli, in vivo) - >10 h (Escherichia coli, in vivo). - >10 h (Escherichia coli, in vivo).
∼Instability index 81.25 55.90 44.28 80.60
72.80* 51.68* 42.00* 72.26*
Atomic Formula C164H265N51O36S4 C154H256N50O40S4 C151H258N50O40S4 C163H275N57O36S4
C200H307N69O42S4* C190H298N68O46S4* C187H300N68O46S4* C199H317N75O42S4*

+Estimated half-life: N-terminal of the hLFcin, bLFcin, cLFcin, and ConLFcin sequences are C (Cysteine).

∼Instability index of the hLFcin, bLFcin, cLFcin, and ConLFcin peptides is computed to be 55.90, 81.25, 44.28, and 80.60, respectively. This classifies the peptides as unstable.

*

Calculated values for peptides tagged with 6xHis-tag. The remaining data did not change after tagging of peptides.