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| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Maeda, N. Tamiya, N. |
| Abstract | From the venom of a sea snake Astrotia stokesii three neurotoxic components, toxins Astrotia stokesii a, b and c were isolated in 40, 15 and 5% yield by weight respectively of the whole venom. Their LD50 values for 20g mice were 0.13, 0.096 and 0.098 microgram/g body wt. respectively and accounted for almost all the lethal activity of the venom. Their amino acid sequences were determined. Astrotia stokesii a was composed of 60 amino acid residues with nine half-cystine residues and was quite homologous to other sea-snake short-chain neurotoxins in its amino acid sequence. Toxins Astrotia stokesii b and c were composed of 70 and 72 amino acid residues respectively with 10 half-cystine residues. They are the first long-chain neurotoxins with high activity isolated from sea-snake venoms. The C-terminal carboxy groups of toxins b and c were found to be amidated; the amidation is known for some polypeptides, but is novel for a protein. The amide group may make a hydrogen-bond with glutamic acid-39, which replaces a lysine that has so far been found invariably in long-chain neutrotoxins. Astrotia stokesii b and c are also novel in having phenylalanine-25 and isoleucine- or valine-42. The ordinary Tyr-Glu pair, which is observed in X-ray structure [Low, Preston, Sato, Rosen, Searl, Rudko & Richardson (1976) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 73, 2991-2994] and n.m.r.study [Inagaki, Tatsumi, Miyazawa, Hori & Tamiya (1977) Abstr. Int. Congr. Pure Appl. Chem. 26th, p. 336] on erabutoxins may be replaced by a hydrophobic pair. Detailed evidence for the amino acid sequences of the proteins has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 5009o (30 pages) at the British Library Lending Division, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7B1, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem. J. (1978) 169, 5. |
| Starting Page | 507 |
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| ISSN | 14708728 |
| e-ISSN | 14708728 |
| Journal | Biochemical Journal |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 175 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1978-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Cell Biology Molecular Biology Biochemistry |
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