Purification and structural characterization of a d-amino acid-containing conopeptide, conomarphin, from Conus marmoreus

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1976-1987

  Han, Yuhong ^a,c   Huang, Feijuan ^b   Jiang, Hui ^a,d   Liu, Li ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Wang, Yanfang ^a   Shao, Xiaoxia ^a   Chi, Chengwu ^a,c   Du, Weihong ^b   Wang, Chunguang ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^d Beijing Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry   (China)

Author keywords

Conomarphin; Conus marmoreus; D Phe; M superfamily; NMR structure

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; CONOMARPHIN; CONOTOXIN; DEXTRO AMINO ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS MARMOREUS; EPIMERIZATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAIL; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALIA; CONUS MARMOREUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 42449124118     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06352.x     Document Type: Article

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