A roadmap to the enzymes from spider venom: biochemical ecology, molecular diversity, and value for the bioeconomy [PDF]
Frontiers in Arachnid ScienceSpiders are ancient and highly successful predators, which use venom for both predation and defense. Their venoms are complex mixtures of potent biological molecules, emerging as a prolific source of biomolecular innovation in agriculture, biomedicine ...
Josephine Dresler +14 more
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Linear Peptides—A Combinatorial Innovation in the Venom of Some Modern Spiders
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 In the venom of spiders, linear peptides (LPs), also called cytolytical or antimicrobial peptides, represent a largely neglected group of mostly membrane active substances that contribute in some spider species considerably to the killing power of spider
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Complex precursor structures of cytolytic cupiennins identified in spider venom gland transcriptomes [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Analysis of spider venom gland transcriptomes focuses on the identification of possible neurotoxins, proteins and enzymes. Here, the first comprehensive transcriptome analysis of cupiennins, small linear cationic peptides, also known as cytolytic or ...
Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig
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Enhancing the oral and topical insecticidal efficacy of a commercialized spider venom peptide biopesticide via fusion to the carrier snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin). [PDF]
Pest Manag Sci, 2023 Sukiran NA +5 more
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A Brief Overview of the Toxic Sphingomyelinase Ds of Brown Recluse Spider Venom and Other Organisms and Simple Methods To Detect Production of Its Signature Cyclic Ceramide Phosphate. [PDF]
Mol Pharmacol, 2023 Lachmayr H, Merrill AH.
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Comparative venomics suggests an evolutionary adaption of spider venom from predation to defense. [PDF]
Commun BiolLüddecke T +8 more
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Dissecting the contributions of membrane affinity and bivalency of the spider venom protein DkTx to its sustained mode of TRPV1 activation. [PDF]
J Biol Chem, 2023 Singh Y +8 more
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Toxinology in the proteomics era: a review on arachnid venom proteomics [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2022 The word venomics was coined to acknowledge the studies that use omics to investigate venom proteins and peptides. Venomics has evolved considerably over the last 20 years. The first works on scorpion or spider venomics were published in the early 2000’s.
Filipi Calbaizer Marchi +4 more
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Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023 Introduction: Spider venoms are a unique source of bioactive peptides, many of which display remarkable biological stability and neuroactivity. Phoneutria nigriventer, often referred to as the Brazilian wandering spider, banana spider or “armed” spider ...
F. C. Cardoso +6 more
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VenoMS—A Website for the Low Molecular Mass Compounds in Spider Venoms
Metabolites, 2020 Spider venoms are highly complex mixtures. Numerous spider venom metabolites are uniquely found in spider venoms and are of interest concerning their potential use in pharmacology, agriculture, and cosmetics.
Yvonne M. Forster +4 more
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