Diversity of folds in animal toxins acting on ion channels

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 378, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 717-726

  Mouhat, Stéphanie ^a   Jouirou, Besma ^a   Mosbah, Amor ^a   De Waard, Michel ^b   Sabatier, Jean Marc ^a,c  

^a Laboratoire Cellpep SA   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Animal toxin; Disulphide bridging; Ion channel; Structural motif; Toxin fold

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYPEPTIDES; PORE SIZE; POSITIVE IONS;

ION CHANNELS; VENOMS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; POLYPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; TOXIN; VENOM;

DISULFIDE BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DISULFIDES; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; SCORPIONES; SERPENTES;

EID: 1642464613     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031860     Document Type: Review

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