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List of peptide properties
DFBP ID - DFBPNEUR0088(Neuropeptide peptide)
DFBP ID DFBPNEUR0088
Peptide sequence RNFLRF
Type Native peptide
Peptide/Function name Neuropeptide
Function-activity relationship
Main bioactivity Neuropeptide activity
Otheir bioactivity N.D
Calculated physicochemical properties
Three-letter amino acid Arg-Asn-Phe-Leu-Arg-Phe
Single-letter amino acid RNFLRF
Peptide length 6
Peptide mass
Experimental mass Theoretical mass
N.D 851.99 Da c
Net charge 0.00 c
Isoelectric point (pI) 12.50 c
IC50 N.D
pIC50 N.D
GRAVY -0.5167 c
Hydrophilic residue ratio 50% c
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Peptide source & Food-borne protein(s) search
Classification Animal, Marine
Organism/Source Blue crab, Callinectes sapidus
Precursor protein Pericardial organs and thoracic ganglia extract protein
Residue position N.D
Precursor protein(s) search
Link-research
There are no literature reports on the discovery of this sequence in other food-source proteins.
Biological/Functional activity & target protein
Neuropeptide activity The peptide RNFLRFamide showed neuropeptide activity (Relative potency: 0.17 ± 0.02, Relative efficacy: 0.84).
Specific target protein(s) N.D
Taste properties & Structure
Bitterness
Literature report N.D
Bitter prediction tools Bitter taste prediction
SMILES N.D
Preparation method
Mode of preparation Extraction
Enzyme(s)/starter culture

The pericardial organs and thoracic ganglia of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus were resected and extracted. The extracts were fractionated by HPLC and the fractions analyzed by a radioimmunoassay (RIA) to FMRFamide.

Stability & Cytotoxicity
Peptide stability
Literature report: N.D
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Peptide cytotoxicity
Literature report: N.D
Prediction: ToxinPred
Additional information
Additional information N.D
Database cross-references
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Reference(s)
Primary literature Krajniak KG. The identification and structure-activity relations of a cardioactive FMRFamide-related peptide from the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Peptides. 1991 Nov-Dec;12(6):1295-302.
PMID: 1815216
Other literature(s) N.D
PubDate 1991
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