Covalent structure and some pharmacological features of native and cleaved α-KTx12-1, a four disulfide-bridged toxin from Tityus serrulatus venom

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-140

  Pimenta, A M C ^a   Mansuelle, P ^a   Diniz, C R ^b   Martin Eauclaire, M F ^a  

^a Marseille Armées   (France)

^b FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Four disulfide bridged toxin; MALDI TOF analysis; Tityus serrulatus; Voltage activated potassium channel

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; KALIOTOXIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TITYUS TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME DEGRADATION; IC 50; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISULFIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

TITYUS; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 0037330864     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.440     Document Type: Article

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