COMPARATIVE ENZYMATIC COMPOSITION OF BRAZILIAN CORAL SNAKE (MICRURUS) VENOMS

被引：59

作者：

AIRD, SD ^{[1
]}

DASILVA, NJ ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV CATOLICA GOIAS,CTR ESTUDOS & PESQUISAS BIOL,BR-74000 GOIANIA,GO,BRAZIL

来源：

COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 1991年 / 99卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1016/0305-0491(91)90043-D

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

1. Venoms of 11 coral snake taxa, including Micrurus albicinctus, M. corallinus, M. frontalis altirostris, M. f. brasiliensis, M. f. frontalis, M. fulvius fulvius, M. ibiboboca, M. lemniscatus ssp., M. rondonianus, M. spixii spixii, and M. surinamensis surinamensis, were examined for 13 enzymatic activities. 2. These were compared with venoms of three outgroup taxa: Naja naja kaouthia, Bungarus multicinctus, and Bothrops moojeni. 3. Enzyme activity levels in Micrurus venoms were highly variable from species to species. 4. All venoms possessed phospholipase activity. 5. Protease activity against synthetic or dyed natural substrates was generally negligible in all elapid venoms examined. By contrast, most Micrurus venoms displayed ample L-leucine aminopeptidase activity. 6. Venom of M.s. surinamensis was significantly different from those of its congeners in most assays.

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