The role of polyamine metabolism in cellular function and physiology

RS Schibalski, AS Shulha, BP Tsao… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Polyamines are molecules with multiple amino groups that are essential for cellular function.
The major polyamines are putrescine, spermidine, spermine, and cadaverine. Polyamines …

Polyamine-containing natural products: structure, bioactivity, and biosynthesis

Q Long, W Zhou, H Zhou, Y Tang, W Chen… - Natural Product …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2005 to August, 2023 Polyamine-containing natural products (NPs) have been
isolated from a wide range of terrestrial and marine organisms and most of them exhibit …

Venomics: A mini-review

D Wilson, NL Daly - High-throughput, 2018 - mdpi.com
Venomics is the integration of proteomic, genomic and transcriptomic approaches to study
venoms. Advances in these approaches have enabled increasingly more comprehensive …

Spider and Wasp Acylpolyamines: Venom Components and Versatile Pharmacological Leads, Probes, and Insecticidal Agents

G Rádis-Baptista, K Konno - Toxins, 2024 - mdpi.com
Polyamines (PAs) are polycationic biogenic amines ubiquitously present in all life forms and
are involved in molecular signaling and interaction, determining cell fate (eg, cell …

Sequential Nitrile Amidination–Reduction as a Straightforward Procedure to Selective Linear Polyamine Preparation

A Peñas-Sanjuán, JJ Chica-Armenteros… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A straightforward strategy toward the efficient synthesis of linear saturated polyamines
containing 1, 2-diaminoethane and/or 1, 3-diaminopropane fragments has been developed …

Structural diversity of arthropod venom toxins

NL Daly, D Wilson - Toxicon, 2018 - Elsevier
Arthropods are a diverse and ancient group of invertebrate animals, which constitute
approximately 75–85% of all known species on earth. Many arthropod species, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in venom composition in the Australian funnel-web spiders Hadronyche valida

LH Duran, TL Rymer, DT Wilson - Toxicon: X, 2020 - Elsevier
Mygalomorph venom properties and active components, which have importance in
medicine, agronomy, venomics, ecology and evolution, have been widely studied, but only a …

Application of metabolomic tools for studying low molecular-weight fraction of animal venoms and poisons

A Klupczynska, M Pawlak, ZJ Kokot, J Matysiak - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Both venoms and poisonous secretions are complex mixtures that assist in defense,
predation, communication, and competition in the animal world. They consist of variable …

Small Molecules in the Venom of the Scorpion Hormurus waigiensis

ERJ Evans, L McIntyre, TD Northfield, NL Daly… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite scorpion stings posing a significant public health issue in particular regions of the
world, certain aspects of scorpion venom chemistry remain poorly described. Although there …

Elucidation of the Structure and Synthesis of Neuroprotective Low Molecular Mass Components of the Parawixia bistriata Spider Venom

YM Forster, JL Green, A Khatiwada… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The South American social spider Parawixia bistriata produces a venom containing complex
organic compounds with intriguing biological activities. The crude venom leads to paralysis …