Biochemical characterization of phospholipase A2 (trimorphin) from the venom of the Sonoran Lyre Snake Trimorphodon biscutatus lambda (family Colubridae)

Toxicon

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-36

  Huang, Ping ^a   Mackessy, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b QLT Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Calcium binding site residues; Catalytic site residue; Colubrid snake; Duvernoy's gland; Elapidae; Enzyme; Evolution; Mass spectrometry; Phospholipase A2; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; COLUBRIDAE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE VENOMS;

COLUBRIDAE; ELAPIDAE; HYDROPHIINAE; SERPENTES; TRIMORPHODON; TRIMORPHODON BISCUTATUS; TRIMORPHODON BISCUTATUS LAMBDA;

EID: 3042552179     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.03.027     Document Type: Article

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