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The Biological Role of Conoporins, Actinoporin-like Pore-Forming Toxins from Cone Snails [PDF]
ToxinsCone snails are a large group of marine gastropods that produce a complex mixture of toxic compounds to hunt prey and defend against predators. The majority of the venom comprises small toxic peptides named conotoxins, which target membrane receptors. In
Matija Ruparčič +5 more
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Venomics-Accelerated Cone Snail Venom Peptide Discovery. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2018 Cone snail venoms are considered a treasure trove of bioactive peptides. Despite over 800 species of cone snails being known, each producing over 1000 venom peptides, only about 150 unique venom peptides are structurally and functionally characterized.
Himaya SWA, Lewis RJ.
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Small Molecules in the Cone Snail Arsenal. [PDF]
Org Lett, 2015 Cone snails are renowned for producing peptide-based venom, containing conopeptides and conotoxins, to capture their prey. A novel small-molecule guanine derivative with unprecedented features, genuanine, was isolated from the venom of two cone snail species.
Neves JL +6 more
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Biomedicines, 2021 Despite their impressive diversity and already broad therapeutic applications, cone snail venoms have received less attention as a natural source in the investigation of antimicrobial peptides than other venomous animals such as scorpions, spiders, or ...
Anicet Ebou +4 more
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Revision of the deep-water cone snail fauna from New Caledonia (Gastropoda, Conoidea)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 2023 The present work reviews the deep-water cone fauna of New Caledonia and its Economic Exclusive Zone. It is based on the material collected for more than 40 years by oceanographic expeditions in the deep waters surrounding New Caledonia, organized by the
Manuel J. Tenorio, Nicolas Puillandre
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Individual cone snail (Conus sp.) contains thousands of bioactive peptides, but there are limited studies on its antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Here, we investigated AMPs along with AMP-derived genes in the representative Chinese tubular cone snail (C ...
Ruihan Li +16 more
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Venomics Reveals a Non-Compartmentalised Venom Gland in the Early Diverged Vermivorous Conus distans
Toxins, 2022 The defensive use of cone snail venom is hypothesised to have first arisen in ancestral worm-hunting snails and later repurposed in a compartmentalised venom duct to facilitate the dietary shift to molluscivory and piscivory.
Jutty Rajan Prashanth +3 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Marine cone snail venoms represent a vast library of bioactive peptides with proven potential as research tools, drug leads, and therapeutics. In this study, a transcriptome library of four different organs, namely radular sheath, venom duct, venom gland,
Yanling Liao +8 more
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Marine Drugs, 2012 Cone snail venoms are considered an untapped reservoir of extremely diverse peptides, named conopeptides, displaying a wide array of pharmacological activities.
Philippe Favreau +10 more
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Microhabitats within Venomous Cone Snails Contain Diverse Actinobacteria [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2009 ABSTRACT Actinomycetes can be symbionts in diverse organisms, including both plants and animals. Some actinomycetes benefit their host by producing small molecule secondary metabolites; the resulting symbioses are often developmentally complex. Actinomycetes associated with three cone snails were studied.
Olivier, Peraud +6 more
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