Hemicalcin, a new toxin from the Iranian scorpion Hemiscorpius lepturus which is active on ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+ channels

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Shahbazzadeh, Delavar ^a,b   Srairi Abid, Najet ^a   Feng, Wei ^c   Ram, Narendra ^d   Borchani, Lamia ^a   Ronjat, Michel ^d   Akbari, Abolfazl ^e   Pessah, Isaac N ^c   De Waard, Michel ^d   El Ayeb, Mohamed ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR); Hemicalcin (HCa); Hemiscorpius lepturus; Homology modelling; Ryanodine receptor (RyR); Scorpion toxin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CYTOTOXICITY; LIPID BILAYERS; PROTEINS;

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; HEMICALCIN; HEMISCORPIUS LEPTURUS; HOMOLOGY MODELLING; LYSINE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR (RYR); SCORPION TOXIN; THREONINE;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DISULFIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HEMICALCIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; RYANODINE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 1; SCORPION VENOM; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SCORPION;

CHACTOIDEA; LEPTURUS; MUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 34249040938     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20061404     Document Type: Article

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