MeuTXKβ1, a scorpion venom-derived two-domain potassium channel toxin-like peptide with cytolytic activity

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1804, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 872-883

  Zhu, Shunyi ^a   Gao, Bin ^a   Aumelas, André ^b   del Carmen Rodríguez, Maria ^c   Lanz Mendoza, Humberto ^c   Peigneur, Steve ^d   Diego Garcia, Elia ^d   Martin Eauclaire, Marie France ^e   Tytgat, Jan ^d   Possani, Lourival D ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e University of Mediterranée   (France)

^f INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antimalarial peptide; Cysteine stabilized alpha beta motif; Defensin; NMR structure; Scorpion venom

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; DNA FRAGMENT; MEUTXK BETA 1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NEUROTOXIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SCORPION; WATER CONTENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MESOBUTHUS EUPEUS; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); SCORPIONES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HEMOLYSIS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 77149179049     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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