Characterization of unique amphipathic antimicrobial peptides from venom of the scorpion Pandinus imperator

G CORZO, P ESCOUBAS, E VILLEGAS… - Biochemical …, 2001 - portlandpress.com
… and characterized from venom of the African scorpion Pandinus imperator. The peptides, …
the group of antibacterial peptides previously described from scorpions, frogs and insects, and …

[HTML][HTML] Phospholipin, a novel heterodimeric phospholipase A2 from Pandinus imperator scorpion venom

R Conde, FZ Zamudio, B Becerril, LD Possani - FEBS letters, 1999 - Elsevier
toxic venom components with PLA2 activity [7], [8]. In the venom of the scorpion Pandinus
imperator an … of a novel heterodimeric protein from the venom of the same African scorpion P. …

Synthesis and characterization of Pi4, a scorpion toxin from Pandinus imperator that acts on K+ channels

S M'Barek, A Mosbah, G Sandoz… - European journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
toxin cross-linked by four disulfide bridges that has been isolated from the venom of the
Chactidae scorpion Pandinus imperator… short four-disulfide-bridged scorpion toxins acting on K + …

Three new antimicrobial peptides from the scorpion Pandinus imperator

XC Zeng, L Zhou, W Shi, X Luo, L Zhang, Y Nie… - Peptides, 2013 - Elsevier
… cDNA library made from the venom glands of the scorpion P. imperator. The cDNAs code for
… abundances of the three peptides in the scorpion venom. Our findings also suggest that the …

Chemical synthesis and characterization of Pi1, a scorpion toxin from Pandinus imperator active on K+ channels

Z Fajloun, E Carlier, C Lecomte, S Geib… - European journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
… Pi1 is a 35-residue toxin cross-linked by … venom of the chactidae scorpion Pandinus imperator.
Due to its very low abundance in the venom, we have chemically synthesized this toxin in …

The mechanism of inhibition of ryanodine receptor channels by imperatoxin I, a heterodimeric protein from the scorpion Pandinus imperator

FZ Zamudio, R Conde, C Arévalo, B Becerril… - Journal of Biological …, 1997 - ASBMB
… the venom of the scorpion Pandinus imperator that … scorpion and used to clone the gene
encoding IpTx i . From a single continuous messenger RNA, the information coding for the toxin

Pandinus imperator scorpion venom blocks voltage-gated potassium channels in GH3 cells.

PA Pappone, MT Lucero - The Journal of general physiology, 1988 - rupress.org
… This article describes the effects of Pandinus imperator scorpion venom on the voltage-gated
potassium currents of voltage-clamped cells from a rat anterior pituitary tumor cell line, GH3 …

A novel structural class of K+-channel blocking toxin from the scorpion Pandinus imperator

T Olamendi-Portugal, F GÓMEZ-LAGUNAS… - Biochemical …, 1996 - portlandpress.com
… The peptide isolated from the venom of the scorpion Pandinus imperator has … toxins against
K+ channels. The peptide, which we propose to be called Pi1 (from Pandinus imperator toxin

A Novel Potassium Channel Blocking Toxin from the Scorpion Pandinus imperator:  A 1H NMR Analysis Using a Nano-NMR Probe

M Delepierre, A Prochnicka-Chalufour, LD Possani - Biochemistry, 1997 - ACS Publications
… from the venom of the scorpion Pandinus imperator and … imperator toxin is a voltage-dependent
potassium channel … The toxin has only 35 amino acid residues but is stabilized by …

Pandinus imperator scorpion venom blocks voltage-gated potassium channels in nerve fibers

PA Pappone, MD Cahalan - Journal of Neuroscience, 1987 - Soc Neuroscience
… Discussion This paper describes the effects of Pandinus imperator scorpion venom on
the ionic currents of voltage-clamped myelinated nerve fibers. We find that Pandinus venom