The cystine knot is responsible for the exceptional stability of the insecticidal spider toxin ω-Hexatoxin-Hv1a

Toxins

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4366-4380

  Herzig, Volker ^a   King, Glenn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inhibitor cystine knot; Insecticidal toxin; Physicochemical stability; Proteolytic degradation; Spider toxin; Thermal stability; hexatoxin Hv1a

Indexed keywords

OMEGA HEXATOXIN HV1A; PROTEINASE K; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CYCLOTIDE; CYSTEINE; OMEGA-ATRACOTOXIN-HV1;

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATRAX ROBUSTUS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CYSTINE KNOT MOTIF; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME STABILITY; HADRONYCHE; HADRONYCHE VERSUTA; HEMOLYMPH; HUMAN; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; THERMOSTABILITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CYCLOTIDES; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE KNOT MOTIFS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

EID: 84945945418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins7104366     Document Type: Article

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