Title
Revealing the functional structure of a new PLA2 K49 from Bothriopsis taeniata snake venom employing automatic "de novo" sequencing using CID/HCD/ETD MS/MS analyses
Date Issued
10 January 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
Snake venoms are composed of approximately 90% of proteins with several pharmacological activities having high potential in research as biological tools. One of the most abundant compounds is phospholipases A2 (PLA2), which are the most studied venom protein due to their wide pharmacological activity. Using a combination of chromatographic steps, a new PLA2 K49 was isolated and purified from the whole venom of the Bothriopsis taeniata and submitted to analyses mass spectrometry. An automatic "de novo" sequencing of this new PLA2 K49 denominated Btt-TX was performed using Peaks Studio 6 for analysis of the spectra. Additionally, a triplex approach CID/HCD/ETD has been performed, to generate higher coverage of the sequence of the protein. Structural studies correlating biological activities were made associating specific Btt-TX regions and myotoxic activity. Lysine acetylation was performed to better understand the mechanism of membrane interaction, identifying the extreme importance of the highly hydrophobic amino acids L, P and F for disruption of the membrane. Our myotoxical studies show a possiblemembrane disruption mechanism by Creatine Kinase releasewithout a noticeablemuscle damage, that probably occurred without phospholipid hydrolyses, butwith a probable penetration of the hydrophobic amino acids present in the C-terminal region of the protein.
Start page
131
End page
139
Volume
131
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84948184847
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Proteomics
ISSN of the container
18743919
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by Capes and CNPq . We would like to thank Richard Hemmi Valente who allowed us to use Peaks 6, and Paulo Aparecido Baldasso for the technical support.
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq
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