Solution structure of BmKαIT01, an α-insect toxin from the venom of the Chinese scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 11322-11330

  Tong, Xiaotian ^a   Zhu, Jing ^a   Ma, Yuguang ^a   Chen, Xiang ^a   Wu, Gong ^a   He, Fahu ^a   Cao, Chunyang ^a   Wu, Houming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOACTIVITY; BODY FLUIDS; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR MODELING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PEPTIDE BONDS; SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SOLUTION STRUCTURE;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

INSECT VENOM; NEUROTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM;

ARTICLE; BUTHUS MARTENSII; CHINA; INSECT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 35048882850     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi7006788     Document Type: Article

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