AMINO-ACID-SEQUENCE OF A SNAKE-VENOM TOXIN THAT BINDS TO THE MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR

被引:42
作者
KARLSSON, E
RISINGER, C
JOLKKONEN, M
WERNSTEDT, C
ADEM, A
机构
[1] BIOMED CTR,LUDWIG INST CANC RES,S-75123 UPPSALA,SWEDEN
[2] KAROLINSKA INST,HUDDINGE HOSP,INST GERIATR MED,S-14186 HUDDINGE,SWEDEN
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0041-0101(91)90027-O
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
The green mamba, Dendroaspis angusticeps, has two protein toxins that bind to the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. The sequence of muscarinic toxin 2 was determined with an automatic gas phase sequencer. The C-terminal residue is Asp as determined by hydrazinolysis and amino acid analysis. Toxin 2 has 65 amino acid residues and a formula weight of 7040. It is homologous to a large number of other snake venom toxins as short alpha-neurotoxins, cardiotoxins/cytotoxins and angusticeps-type toxins of mamba venoms. The sequence is confirmed in the accompanying article (DUCANCEL, F., ROWAN, E. G., CASSART, E., HARVEY, A. L., MENEZ, A. and BOULAIN, J.-C. Toxicon 29, 516-520, 1991).
引用
收藏
页码:521 / 526
页数:6
相关论文
共 25 条
  • [1] TOXINS FROM THE VENOM OF THE GREEN MAMBA DENDROASPIS-ANGUSTICEPS THAT INHIBIT THE BINDING OF QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE TO MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTORS
    ADEM, A
    ASBLOM, A
    JOHANSSON, G
    MBUGUA, PM
    KARLSSON, E
    [J]. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA, 1988, 968 (03) : 340 - 345
  • [2] PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF PORCINE MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR-III AND ANTAGONIST BINDING-STUDIES
    AKIBA, I
    KUBO, T
    MAEDA, A
    BUJO, H
    NAKAI, J
    MISHINA, M
    NUMA, S
    [J]. FEBS LETTERS, 1988, 235 (1-2) : 257 - 261
  • [3] IDENTIFICATION OF A FAMILY OF MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR GENES
    BONNER, TI
    BUCKLEY, NJ
    YOUNG, AC
    BRANN, MR
    [J]. SCIENCE, 1987, 237 (4814) : 527 - 532
  • [4] BONNER TI, 1989, TRENDS PHARMACOL SCI, V12, P11
  • [5] BUCKLEY NJ, 1989, MOL PHARMACOL, V35, P469
  • [6] CRESTFIELD AM, 1963, J BIOL CHEM, V238, P622
  • [7] DODDS HN, 1987, J PHARMACOL EXP THER, V242, P257
  • [8] AMINO-ACID-SEQUENCE OF A MUSCARINIC TOXIN DEDUCED FROM THE CDNA NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE
    DUCANCEL, F
    ROWAN, EG
    CASSAR, E
    HARVEY, AL
    MENEZ, A
    BOULAIN, JC
    [J]. TOXICON, 1991, 29 (4-5) : 516 - 520
  • [9] CONFORMATIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE NEUROTOXINS AND CYTOTOXINS ISOLATED FROM ELAPID SNAKE-VENOMS
    DUFTON, MJ
    HIDER, RC
    [J]. CRC CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY, 1983, 14 (02): : 113 - 171
  • [10] Fraenkel-Conrat H., 1967, METHOD ENZYMOL, V11, P151