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Protein Pept Lett
; 15(7): 700-8, 2008.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18782065
RESUMO
A family of 4kDa neurotoxic peptides was purified from venoms of Phoneutria spiders. All have six cysteine residues, and low similarity with other neurotoxins. Three toxins caused moderate inhibition of L-type Ca(2+) channels. The structure of toxin PRTx27C3 was modeled and compared with toxin ADO1. The importance of four residues is suggested.