Snake venomics and venom gland transcriptomic analysis of Brazilian coral snakes, Micrurus altirostris and M. corallinus
J. Proteomics
; 74(9): 1795-1809, Apr 12 , 2011.
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| SES-SP, SESSP-IBPROD, SES-SP, SESSP-IBACERVO
| ID: biblio-1063780
Biblioteca responsable:
BR78.1
Ubicación: BR78.1
ABSTRACT
The venom proteomes of Micrurus altirostris and M. corallinus were analyzed by combining snake venomics and venom gland transcriptomic surveys. In both coral snake species, 3FTx and PLA2 were the most abundant and diversified toxin families. 33 different 3FTxs and 13 PLA2 proteins, accounting respectively for 79.5% and 13.7% of the total proteins, were identified in the venom of M. altirostris. The venom of M. corallinus comprised 10 3FTx (81.7% of the venom proteome) and 4 (11.9%) PLA2 molecules. Transcriptomic data provided the full-length amino acid sequences of 18 (M. altirostris) and 10 (M. corallinus) 3FTxs, and 3 (M. altirostris) and 1 (M. corallinus) novel PLA2 sequences. In addition, venom from each species contained single members of minor toxin families 3 common (PIII-SVMP, C-type lectin-like, L-amino acid oxidase) and 4 species-specific (CRISP, Kunitz-type inhibitor, lysosomal acid lipase in M. altirostris; serine proteinase in M. corallinus) toxin classes.
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Colección SES:
Acervo_geral
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Producao_cientifica
Banco de datos:
SES-SP
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SESSP-IBACERVO
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SESSP-IBPROD
Asunto principal:
Venenos de Serpiente
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Elapidae
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Venenos Elapídicos
Límite:
Animals
País como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Año:
2011
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