Refined solution structure of the anti-mammal and anti-insect LqqIII scorpion toxin: Comparison with other scorpion toxins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 360-374

  Landon, Céline ^a   Sodano, Patrick ^a   Cornet, Bruno ^a   Bonmatin, Jean Marc ^a   Kopeyan, Charles ^c   Rochat, Hervé ^c   Vovelle, Françoise ^a,b   Ptak, Marius ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

CS motif; Electrostatic potentials; Hydrophobic potentials; NMR; Scorpion; Sodium channel; Structure; Toxin

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SCORPION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHANNELS; SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

INSECTA; LEIURUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; MAMMALIA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0030926906     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199707)28:3<360::AID-PROT6>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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