Crystal structure of bucain, a three-fingered toxin from the venom of the Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus)

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1473-1477

  Murakami, M T ^a,e   Kini, R M ^b,c   Arni, R K ^a,d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^e LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bucain; Bungarus candidus; Crystal structure; Three finger neurotoxin

Indexed keywords

BUCAIN; BUCANDIN; BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; SNAKE VENOM; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAKE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BUNGAROTOXINS; BUNGARUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELAPID VENOMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

BUNGARUS CANDIDUS;

EID: 73449108823     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986609789839304     Document Type: Article

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