Title
Determination of primary structure of two isoforms 6-1 and 6-2 PLA2 D49 from Bothrops jararacussu snake venom and neurotoxic characterization using in vitro neuromuscular preparation
Date Issued
01 February 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Bonfim V.L.
Rodrigues-Simioni L.
Novello J.C.
Marangoni S.
State University of Campinas
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media, LLC
Abstract
In this paper we reported the purification, the biological characterization and the amino acid sequence of two new isoforms basic 6-1 (Bj-IV) and 6-2 (Bj-V) PLA2 D49 purified from the Bothrops jararacussu venom The isoforms 6-1 and 6-2 had a sequence of amino acids of 121 amino acid residues 6-1: DLFEWGQMIL KETGKNPFPY YGAYGCYCGW GGRGKPKDKD TDRCCYVHDC CYKKLTGCPK TDDRYSYSWL DLTIVCGEDD PCKELCECDK AIAVCFRENL GTYNKKYRYH LKPCKKADKP C and pI value 7.83 and 6-2: DLWQFGQMIL KETGKIPFPY YGAYGCYCGW GGRGGKPKDG TDRCCYVHDC CYKKLTGCPK TDDRYSYSWL DLTIVCGEDD PCKELCECDK AIAVCFRENL GTYNKKYRYH LKPCKKADKP C with a pI value of 7.99 Skeletal muscle preparations from the young chicken have been used previously in order to study the effects of toxins on neuromuscular transmission, providing an important opportunity to study the differentiated behavior of a toxin before more than one model, because it shows differences in its sensibilities Both isoforms have produced neuromuscular blockade in young chicken biventer cervicis nerve-muscle preparations in presence or absence of crotapotin crotalic (F3 and F4) indicating that catalytic activity was not essential for neuromuscular action in this preparation. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.
Start page
147
End page
155
Volume
25
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Toxicología Biología celular, Microbiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33746456383
PubMed ID
Source
Protein Journal
ISSN of the container
15723887
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank Paulo A. Baldasso and Marino Forner for general technical help. This work was supported by FAPESP and CAPES and is part of a Ph.D. thesis by Luis Alberto PonceSoto. Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
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