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Snake Venom Metalloproteinases (SVMPs): A structure-function update

Toxicon: X, 2020
Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) represent a diverse group of multi-domain proteins with several biological activities such as the ability to induce hemorrhage, proteolytic degradation of fibrinogen and fibrin, induction of apoptosis and inhibition
Olamide Tosin Olaoba, Patty Karina dos Santos, Heloisa Sobreiro Selistre-de-Araujo, Dulce Helena Ferreira de Souza   +3 more
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Biological Activities and Proteomic Profile of the Venom of Vipera ursinii ssp., a very Rare Karst Viper from Croatia

Toxins, 2020
The karst viper (Vipera ursinii ssp.) favours high-mountain dry grasslands in southern and south-eastern Croatia. It is medically less important than other Vipera species, because of its remote habitat and the very small amount of venom that it injects ...
Maja Lang Balija, Adrijana Leonardi, Marija Brgles, Dora Sviben, Tihana Kurtović, Beata Halassy, Igor Križaj   +6 more
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Alternative mRNA Splicing in Three Venom Families Underlying a Possible Production of Divergent Venom Proteins of the Habu Snake, Protobothrops flavoviridis

Toxins, 2019
Snake venoms are complex mixtures of toxic proteins encoded by various gene families that function synergistically to incapacitate prey. A huge repertoire of snake venom genes and proteins have been reported, and alternative splicing is suggested to be ...
Tomohisa Ogawa, Naoko Oda-Ueda, Kanako Hisata, Hitomi Nakamura, Takahito Chijiwa, Shousaku Hattori, Akiko Isomoto, Haruki Yugeta, Shinichi Yamasaki, Yasuyuki Fukumaki, Motonori Ohno, Noriyuki Satoh, Hiroki Shibata   +12 more
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Anticoagulant Activity of Naja nigricollis Venom Is Mediated by Phospholipase A2 Toxins and Inhibited by Varespladib

Toxins, 2021
Bites from elapid snakes typically result in neurotoxic symptoms in snakebite victims. Neurotoxins are, therefore, often the focus of research relating to understanding the pathogenesis of elapid bites.
Taline D. Kazandjian, Arif Arrahman, Kristina B. M. Still, Govert W. Somsen, Freek J. Vonk, Nicholas R. Casewell, Mark C. Wilkinson, Jeroen Kool   +7 more
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Identification of accelerated evolution in the metalloproteinase domain of snake venom metalloproteinase sequences (SVMPs) through comparative analysis [PDF]

, 2016
Computational protein sequence analysis is one of the most important tools used for understanding the evolution of closely related proteins sequences including snake venom metalloproteinase sequences (SVMPs) which give valuable information regarding ...
Islam, Zohorul, Tanvir, Rafsan Zani, Foyasal, Khaja, Roly, Zahida Yesmin, Ruhullah, Mirza, Sharia, Alsan, Islam, Mahmudul   +6 more
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Is the South American water snake Helicops Angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ddipsadidae:Xenodontinae) venomous? [PDF]

, 2012
The dipsadid genus Helicops comprises sixteen species ocurring in all South American countries, with the exception of Chile. Such aquatic snakes inhabit rivers and lagoons of Tropical areas; all species have enlarged rear teeth, although a sulcus is ...
Rodríguez Torres, Alexandra, Serna, Lucía, Rodríguez Acosta, Alexis, Navarrete Sierra, Luis F., Estrella, Amalid   +4 more
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Venom composition of Trimeresurus albolabris, T. insularis, T. puniceus and T. purpureomaculatus from Indonesia

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2022
Background: Several studies have been published on the characterization of Trimeresurus venoms. However, there is still limited information concerning the venom composition of Trimeresurus species distributed throughout Indonesia, which contributes to ...
Syahfitri Anita, Arif Rahman Sadjuri, Latri Rahmah, Herjuno Ari Nugroho, Mulyadi, Wahyu Trilaksono, Wiwit Ridhani, Nabila Safira, Hariman Bahtiar, Maharani, Amir Hamidy, Adriansjah Azhari   +11 more
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Crystallization and preliminary diffraction data of BaP1, a haemorrhagic metalloproteinase from Bothrops asper snake venom [PDF]

, 2002
BaP1 is a metalloproteinase isolated from the venom of the Central American snake Bothrops asper (terciopelo). It is a 24 kDa protein consisting of a single chain which includes the metalloproteinase domain only, therefore being classified as a class P-I
Arni, Rughuvir K., Rucavado Romero, Alexandra, A. Rucavado, Kamiguti, Aura S., Rucavado, A., Arni, R. K., R. K. Arni, Gutierrez, J. M., L. Watanabe, J. M. Gutiérrez, Watanabe, Leandra, A. Kamiguti, Theakston, R.David G., R. D. G. Theakston, Watanabe, L., Kamiguti, A., Theakston, RDG, Gutiérrez, José María, Theakston, R. David G.   +18 more
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Proteopeptidomic, Functional and Immunoreactivity Characterization of Bothrops moojeni Snake Venom: Influence of Snake Gender on Venom Composition

Toxins, 2018
Venom composition varies across snakes from all taxonomic levels and is influenced by the snakes’ age, habitat, diet, and sexual dimorphism. The present study reports the first in-depth investigation of venom composition in male and female Bothrops
Fernanda Gobbi Amorim, Tassia Rafaela Costa, Dominique Baiwir, Edwin De Pauw, Loic Quinton, Suely Vilela Sampaio   +5 more
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Evaluating the Performance of De Novo Assembly Methods for Venom-Gland Transcriptomics

Toxins, 2018
Venom-gland transcriptomics is a key tool in the study of the evolution, ecology, function, and pharmacology of animal venoms. In particular, gene-expression variation and coding sequences gained through transcriptomics provide key information for ...
Matthew L. Holding, Mark J. Margres, Andrew J. Mason, Christopher L. Parkinson, Darin R. Rokyta   +4 more
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