Crystal structure of neurotoxin TS1 from Tityus serrulatus provides insights into the specificity and toxicity of scorpion toxins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 175-184

  Polikarpov, Igor ^a   Junior, Mario Sanches Matilde ^a   Marangoni, Sergio ^b   Toyama, Marcos H ^b   Teplyakov, Alexei ^c  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Scorpion neurotoxin; Sodium channel; Tityus serrulatus

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

CENTRUROIDES SCULPTURATUS; MAMMALIA; SCORPIONES; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 0344758340     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2868     Document Type: Article

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