Structural characterization of five post-translationally modified isomorphs of a novel putative δ-conotoxin from the vermivorous snail Conus delessertii from the Mexican Caribbean Sea

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 458-466

  Aguilar, Manuel B ^a   Flores Torres, Artemisa ^a   Batista, César V F ^b   Falcón, Andrés ^a   López Vera, Estuardo ^c   de la Cotera, Edgar P Heimer ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carboxy glutamate; 4 Hydroxy proline; Conidae; Conoidea; Conus delessertii; O conotoxin

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; AMINO ACID; CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; DELTA CONOTOXIN; GAMMA CONOTOXIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; MARINE TOXIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONUS DELESSERTII; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CONIDAE; CONOIDEA; CONUS DELESSERTII; GASTROPODA;

EID: 60749093298     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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