Identification of a novel binding site for calmodulin in ammodytoxin A, a neurotoxic group IIA phospholipase A2

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 3018-3025

  Prijatelj, Petra ^a   Šribar, Jernej ^b   Ivanovski, Gabriela ^b   Križaj, Igor ^b   Gubenšek, Franc ^a,b   Pungerčar, Jože ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Daboia russellii russellii; Neuronal receptor; Snake venom; Toxicity; Vipera ammodytes ammodytes

Indexed keywords

AMMODYTOXIN A; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM; VIPER VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CALMODULIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA PRIMERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RUSSELL'S VIPER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

AMMODYTES; ANIMALIA; DABOIA; DABOIA RUSSELLII RUSSELLII; SERPENTES; VIPERA; VIPERA AMMODYTES; VIPERA AMMODYTES AMMODYTES;

EID: 0038037042     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03679.x     Document Type: Article

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