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Bibliometric Review of the Literature on Cone Snail Peptide Toxins from 2000 to 2022
Marine Drugs, 2023 The venom of marine cone snails is mainly composed of peptide toxins called conopeptides, among which conotoxins represent those that are disulfide-rich.
Linh T. T. Nguyen, D. Craik, Q. Kaas
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eLife, 2019 The fish-hunting marine cone snail Conus geographus uses a specialized venom insulin to induce hypoglycemic shock in its prey. We recently showed that this venom insulin, Con-Ins G1, has unique characteristics relevant to the design of new insulin ...
Peter Ahorukomeye +13 more
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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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Sequence similarity in structurally dissimilar proteins [PDF]
, 1915 Digitalitzat per ...
Tomiuk, Stefan, Hofmann, Kay
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Nature Communications, 2023 Marine cone snails have attracted researchers from all disciplines but early life stages have received limited attention due to difficulties accessing or rearing juvenile specimens.
Aymeric Rogalski, S. Himaya, R. Lewis
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Toxinology of Marine Venomous Snails
Iranian South Medical Journal, 2021 A surprisingly large number of sea snail species are venomous. Cone snail venoms are produced in a lengthy tubular duct from a complex venom gland and form a cocktail of many toxins, particularly conotoxins which have high potency and specificity for ...
Gholam Hossein Mohebbi, Iraj Nabipour
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In the picture: disulfide-poor conopeptides, a class of pharmacologically interesting compounds
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2016 During evolution, nature has embraced different strategies for species to survive. One strategy, applied by predators as diverse as snakes, scorpions, sea anemones and cone snails, is using venom to immobilize or kill a prey.
Eline K. M. Lebbe, Jan Tytgat
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Comparisons of Protein and Peptide Complexity in Poneroid and Formicoid Ant Venoms [PDF]
, 2016 © 2016 American Chemical Society. Animal venom peptides are currently being developed as novel drugs and bioinsecticides. Because ants use venoms for defense and predation, venomous ants represent an untapped source of potential bioactive toxins.
Aili, SR +7 more
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Diversification of a single ancestral gene into a successful toxin superfamily in highly venomous Australian funnel-web spiders [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Spiders have evolved pharmacologically complex venoms that serve to rapidly subdue prey and deter predators. The major toxic factors in most spider venoms are small, disulfide-rich peptides.
Antunes, A +9 more
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An N-Terminally Elongated Peptide From Conus rolani Defines a New Class of Ribbon α-Conotoxins Targeting Muscle nAChRs. [PDF]
FASEB Jα‐RoIA is an atypical N‐terminally elongated conotoxin discovered in Conus rolani. N‐terminal elongation delays activity in vivo; however, this elongation must be removed to block muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Only the truncated ribbon isoform of RoIA blocks muscle nAChRs.
Giglio ML +9 more
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