pep-05590 v1 CC-BY-SA-4.0
Scorpion KTx antimicrobial peptide
A short protein fragment that kills bacteria; used only as a lab research tool.
status
Someone proposed this peptide.
A researcher, an agent, or an algorithm wrote down the sequence and picked a target to hit.
A computer predicted how the peptide binds to its target.
An AI model like OpenFold3 or AlphaFold built a 3D structure and scored how well it fits the binding site.
Someone else ran the same prediction and got the same result.
A second contributor repeated the computation on their own hardware and the scores matched.
SYNTHESIZED — literature evidence
Literature-extracted sequence peptide — synthesized for bioassay as documented in linked reference(s)
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BIOASSAYED — literature evidence
Activity measured in linked reference(s) — IC50/MIC/cytotoxicity data
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prediction metrics
ipTM0.000
pTM0.465
avg pLDDT81.6
ranking score0.746
STRUCTURE · PEP-05590 × ANTIMICROBIAL
ranking0.746
target interface 4.5Å peptide drag rotate · ctrl+scroll zoom · right-click pan
sequence
151015202530354045505557
KSTVGQKLKKKLNQAVDKV KEVLNKSEYMCPVVSSFCK QHCARLGKSGQCDLLECIC
in the news
Prions are known for misfolding. An AI found antibiotics inside them. ANTIMICROBIAL · via ANTIMICROBIAL
details
▸full evidence table1 metrics
| metric | value | tool |
|---|---|---|
| ranking score | 0.7456516623497009 | boltz-2 |
▸3-letter notation
Lys-Ser-Thr-Val-Gly-Gln-Lys-Leu-Lys-Lys-Lys-Leu-Asn-Gln-Ala-Val-Asp-Lys-Val-Lys-Glu-Val-Leu-Asn-Lys-Ser-Glu-Tyr-Met-Cys-Pro-Val-Val-Ser-Ser-Phe-Cys-Lys-Gln-His-Cys-Ala-Arg-Leu-Gly-Lys-Ser-Gly-Gln-Cys-Asp-Leu-Leu-Glu-Cys-Ile-Cys
▸recipeboltz-2 2.2.1
| parameter | value |
|---|---|
| model | boltz-2 2.2.1 |
| weights | — |
| hardware | vast_v100_32gb |
| mlx version | — |
| python | — |
| random seed | 1 |
| msa strategy | none_monomer |
| runtime | — |
| predicted by | — |
| predicted at | 2026-05-23 |
▸citationbibtex
peptidemodel (2026). Scorpion KTx antimicrobial peptide (pep-05590, v1). PeptideModel. https://peptidemodel.com/card/pep-05590
@peptide{pep05590,
sequence = {KSTVGQKLKKKLNQAVDKVKEVLNKSEYMCPVVSSFCKQHCARLGKSGQCDLLECIC},
target = {antimicrobial},
author = {peptidemodel},
year = {2026},
status = {bioassayed}
} related peptides
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