Solution structure of two insect-specific spider toxins and their pharmacological interaction with the insect voltage-gated Na+ channel

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 368-379

  Ferrat, G ^a,b,c   Bosmans, F ^b   Tytgat, J ^b   Pimentel, C ^c   Chagot, B ^c   Gilles, N ^d   Nakajima, T ^a   Darbon, H ^c   Corzo, G ^a,e  

^a SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

^e INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

NMR; Sodium channel; Spider toxins; Structure determination

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CYSTINE; DELTA PALUTOXIN 1; DELTA PALUTOXIN 2; INSECT VENOM; MU AGATOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIPOLE; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SODIUM CURRENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXIN STRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY; INSECTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SODIUM CHANNELS; SOLUTIONS; SPIDER VENOMS;

AGELENOPSIS APERTA; ARANEAE; INSECTA; PARACOELOTES LUCTUOSUS; SCORPIONES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 16344370923     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20424     Document Type: Article

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