• HIPdb is a manually curated database of experimentally validated HIV inhibitory peptides targeting various steps or proteins involved in the life cycle of HIV like fusion, integration, reverse transcription etc.
  • Currently the database provides experimental information of 981 peptides from varying sources tested on 35 different cell lines. Modified peptides (87) and peptides with very low/nil activity (179) are provided separately.
  • The database provides user friendly browse, search, advanced search options and also useful services like BLAST and ‘Map’ for alignment with user provided sequences.
  • In addition, structure and physicochemical properties of the peptides have also been included.
  • This database is hoped to be useful for people working on peptide based therapy against HIV and also in identifying the best inhibitory peptides for further research.
  • Citation: Qureshi A, Thakur N, Kumar M (2013) HIPdb: A Database of Experimentally Validated HIV Inhibiting Peptides. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54908. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054908. PMID: 23359817
    •  CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 160036, India