Pharmacological potential of ants and their symbionts–a review

S Agarwal, G Sharma, K Verma… - Entomologia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) play an important role in the pharmacological and
food industry due to their therapeutic and nutritional properties. Being the most abundant …

CAP superfamily proteins from venomous animals: Who we are and what to do?

Q Zhang, J Xu, X Zhou, Z Liu - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRISPs), antigen 5 (Ag5), and pathogenesis-related (PR-
1) superfamily proteins (CAP superfamily proteins) are found in diverse species across the …

[HTML][HTML] Profiling hymenopteran venom toxins: Protein families, structural landscape, biological activities, and pharmacological benefits

JC Guido-Patiño, F Plisson - Toxicon: X, 2022 - Elsevier
Hymenopterans are an untapped source of venom secretions. Their recent proteo-
transcriptomic studies have revealed an extraordinary pool of toxins that participate in …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactivity Profiling of In Silico Predicted Linear Toxins from the Ants Myrmica rubra and Myrmica ruginodis

S Hurka, T Lüddecke, A Paas, L Dersch, L Schulte… - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
The venoms of ants (Formicidae) are a promising source of novel bioactive molecules with
potential for clinical and agricultural applications. However, despite the rich diversity of ant …

[HTML][HTML] A combined protein toxin screening based on the transcriptome and proteome of Solenopsis invicta

L Cai, F Yang, Y Wang, J Yang, Y Zhu, X Ma, J Höfer… - Proteome Science, 2022 - Springer
Background Multi-omics technology provides a good tool to analyze the protein toxin
composition and search for the potential pathogenic factors of Solenopsis invicta, under the …

[HTML][HTML] Shedding Lights on Crude Venom from Solitary Foraging Predatory Ant Ectatomma opaciventre: Initial Toxinological Investigation

LIV Correia, FVPV Azevedo, FG Amorim… - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Some species of primitive predatory ants, despite living in a colony, exercise their hunting
collection strategy individually; their venom is painful, paralyzing, digestive, and lethal for …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptomic Analysis of the Venom Gland and Enzymatic Characterization of the Venom of Phoneutria depilata (Ctenidae) from Colombia

J Vásquez-Escobar, T Romero-Gutiérrez, JA Morales… - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
The transcriptome of the venom glands of the Phoneutria depilata spider was analyzed
using RNA-seq with an Illumina protocol, which yielded 86,424 assembled transcripts. A …

Efeito antimicrobiano de dinoponeratoxinas sobre cepas de Staphylococcus aureus formadoras de biofilmes

LQ Rocha - 2022 - repositorio.ufc.br
RESUMO O Staphylococcus aureus é um patógeno altamente virulento, capaz de formar
biofilme e responsável por milhares de mortes a cada ano. A prevalência de cepas de S …

[PDF][PDF] A global study of transcriptome dynamics in the venom gland of Solenopsis invicta Buren during laboratory rearing

L Chen, X Li, T He, Q Wu, T Chen, J Huang, Y Lu - Biocell, 2022 - antwiki.org
Venom plays several important roles in the life of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren.
Laboratory rearing significantly affected the toxin component of S. invicta. However, the …