A venom-derived neurotoxin, Cstx-1, from the spider Cupiennius salei exhibits cytolytic activities

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 25640-25649

  Kuhn Nentwig, Lucia ^a   Fedorova, Irina M ^b   Lüscher, Benjamin P ^a   Kopp, Lukas S ^a   Trachsel, Christian ^a   Schaller, Johann ^a   Lan Vu, Xuan ^a   Seebeck, Thomas ^a   Streitberger, Kathrin ^a   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^a   Sigel, Erwin ^a   Magazanik, Lev G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; C TERMINUS; C-TERMINAL TAIL; CD MEASUREMENTS; CDNA LIBRARIES; CYTOLYTIC ACTIVITIES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HELICAL STRUCTURES; INSECT LARVAE; ION PERMEABILITY; MUSCLE CELL; NEW MECHANISMS; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; VENOM GLAND; XENOPUS OOCYTE;

AMINO ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL;

PEPTIDES;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CSTX 1; NEUROTOXIN; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALPHA HELIX; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALLIPHORIDAE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; CYTOLYSIS; DEPOLARIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPIDER; TOXIN STRUCTURE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RANA TEMPORARIA; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANURA; ARANEAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84864106646     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.339051     Document Type: Article

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