Structure, function and evolution of three-finger toxins: Mini proteins with multiple targets

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 855-867

  Kini, R Manjunatha ^a,b   Doley, Robin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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

^c TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Calciseptine; Cardiotoxin; Cytotoxin; Dimeric three finger toxin; Fasciculin; Functional site; Muscarinic toxin; Post synaptic neurotoxin; Protein protein interaction; Snake venom; Toxin evolution

Indexed keywords

ALPHA COBROTOXIN; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BULONGIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANDOXIN; CARDIOTOXIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DENDROASPIN; DENMOTOXIN; ERABUTOXIN; FASCICULIN; FS2; HADITOXIN; HANNALGESIN; ION CHANNEL; KAPPA BUNGAROTOXIN; MUSCARINIC AGENT; NEUROTOXIN; SNAKE VENOM; THREE FINGER TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DISULFIDE BOND; EXON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DISULFIDES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SNAKE VENOMS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

SERPENTES;

EID: 77956063164     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.07.010     Document Type: Review

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