BIOCHEMICAL-CHARACTERIZATION OF A VASCULAR SMOOTH-MUSCLE CONTRACTING POLYPEPTIDE PURIFIED FROM PHONEUTRIA-NIGRIVENTER (ARMED SPIDER) VENOM

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作者
MARANGONI, S
BORGES, NCC
MARANGONI, RA
ANTUNES, E
VIEIRA, CA
NOVELLO, JC
DOMONT, GB
GIGLIO, JR
OLIVEIRA, B
DENUCCI, G
机构
[1] UNICAMP,DEPT PHARMACOL,POB 611,BR-13081 CAMPINAS,SP,BRAZIL
[2] UNICAMP,DEPT BIOCHEM,BR-13081 CAMPINAS,SP,BRAZIL
[3] UNIV SAO PAULO,RIBEIRAO PRETO MED SCH,DEPT BIOCHEM,BR-14049 RIBEIRAO PRE,SP,BRAZIL
[4] FED UNIV RIO DE JANEIRO,DEPT BIOCHEM,BR-21910 RIO JANEIRO,BRAZIL
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10.1016/0041-0101(93)90173-G
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
Crude Phoneutria nigriventer venom was fractionated by Sephadex, ion-exchange and reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography. One protein (PNV1) with spasmogenic activity in rabbit vascular smooth muscle was isolated and biochemically characterized. PNV1 has 125 amino acid residues and a calculated mol. wt of 13,899. Special features of the amino acid composition of PNV1 are the presence of two disulfide bridges and the high percentage (27%) of Asx and Glx. The N-terminal amino acid sequence indicates that PNV1 is different from other polypeptides isolated from Phoneutria nigriventer venom.
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