[HTML][HTML] Crotoxin: novel activities for a classic β-neurotoxin

SC Sampaio, S Hyslop, MRM Fontes… - Toxicon, 2010 - Elsevier
Crotoxin, the main toxin of South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus) venom,
was the first snake venom protein to be purified and crystallized. Crotoxin is a heterodimeric …

A new acidic myotoxic, anti-platelet and prostaglandin I2 inductor phospholipase A2 isolated from Bothrops moojeni snake venom

NA Santos-Filho, LB Silveira, CZ Oliveira… - Toxicon, 2008 - Elsevier
Phospholipase A2 (PLA2, EC 3.1. 1.4), a major component of snake venoms, specifically
catalyzes the hydrolysis of fatty acid ester bonds at position 2 of 1, 2-diacyl-sn-3 …

A comparative study of biological activities of crotoxin and CB fraction of venoms from Crotalus durissus terrificus, Crotalus durissus cascavella and Crotalus durissus …

A Rangel-Santos, EC Dos-Santos, M Lopes-Ferreira… - Toxicon, 2004 - Elsevier
In Brazil, the Crotalus durissus terrificus subspecie is the most studied, particularly
concerning its crotoxin. Crotoxin is the major toxic component of the South American …

Vipoxin and Its Components: Structure–Function Relationship

SD Petrova, VN Atanasov, K Balashev - Advances in Protein Chemistry …, 2012 - Elsevier
The neurotoxin Vipoxin has been of growing research interest since the time of its isolation
from the venom of the Bulgarian viper Vipera ammodytes meridionalis. Vipoxin is a …

Biochemical and biological characterization of a PLA2 from crotoxin complex of Crotalus durissus cumanensis

JA Pereañez, V Núñez, S Huancahuire-Vega… - Toxicon, 2009 - Elsevier
A new PLA2 (Cdcum6) from crotoxin complex of Colombian Crotalus durissus cumanensis
rattlesnake was purified using molecular exclusion chromatography and RP-HPLC. The …

Structural studies with crotoxin B from Crotalus durissus collilineatus venom suggest a heterodimeric assembly formed by two new isoforms

GHM Salvador, CAH Fernandes, RJ Borges… - Biochimie, 2024 - Elsevier
In accidents involving Crotalus snakes, the crotoxin complex (CTX) plays lethal action due to
its neurotoxic activity. On the other hand, CTX have potential biotechnological application …

Biological and biochemical characterization of new basic phospholipase A2 BmTX-I isolated from Bothrops moojeni snake venom

AK Calgarotto, DCS Damico, LA Ponce-Soto… - Toxicon, 2008 - Elsevier
BmTX-I, an Asp49 phospholipase A2, was purified from Bothrops moojeni venom after only
one chromatographic step using reverse-phase HPLC on μ-Bondapak C-18 column. A …

Isolation and functional characterization of a new acidic PLA2 Ba SpII RP4 of the Bothrops alternatus snake venom from Argentina

MEG Denegri, OC Acosta, S Huancahuire-Vega… - Toxicon, 2010 - Elsevier
An acidic protein with phospholipase A2 activity was purified to homogeneity from the
venom of the Northeast Argentinian viperid Bothrops alternatus by two chromatographic …

Molecular evolution and structure–function relationships of crotoxin-like and asparagine-6-containing phospholipases A2 in pit viper venoms

YH Chen, YM Wang, MJ Hseu, IH Tsai - Biochemical Journal, 2004 - portlandpress.com
Some myotoxic or neurotoxic PLA2s (phospholipases A2) from pit viper venoms contain
characteristic N6 substitutions. Our survey of the venoms of more than ten pit viper genera …

Structural and functional properties of BaTX, a new Lys49 phospholipase A2 homologue isolated from the venom of the snake Bothrops alternatus

LA Ponce-Soto, B Lomonte, JM Gutiérrez… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2007 - Elsevier
BaTX PLA2, a K49 phospholipase A2 homologue was purified from Bothrops alternatus
venom after two chromatographic steps, molecular exclusion on Superdex 75 and reverse …