Crystal structure of the platelet activator convulxin, a disulfide-linked α4β4 cyclic tetramer from the venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 310, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 478-482

  Murakami, M T ^a   Zela, S P ^a   Gava, L M ^a   Michelan Duarte, S ^a   Cintra, A C O ^b   Arni, R K ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C type lectin; Crotalus durissus terrificus; Crystal structure; Cyclic 4 4heterotetramer; Platelet activation factor; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; CONVULXIN; LECTIN; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SNAKE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

CACTUS VIRUS X; CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0141458943     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.09.032     Document Type: Article

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