An overview of lysine-49 phospholipase A2 myotoxins from crotalid snake venoms and their structural determinants of myotoxic action

B Lomonte, Y Angulo, L Calderón - Toxicon, 2003 - Elsevier
In 1984, the first venom phospholipase A2 (PLA2) with a lysine substituting for the highly
conserved aspartate 49 was discovered, in the North American crotalid snake Agkistrodon p …

Lysine 49 phospholipase A2 proteins

CL Ownby, HSS de Araujo, SP White, JE Fletcher - Toxicon, 1999 - Elsevier
The structures of several K49 PLA2 proteins have been determined and these differ as a
group in several regions from the closely related D49 PLA2 enzymes. One outstanding …

[책][B] Handbook of venoms and toxins of reptiles

SP Mackessy - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
The Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles offers" one-stop shop**" to all biologists,
biochemists, toxicologists, physicians, clinicians, and epidemiologists, and informed …

Comparative study of the cytolytic activity of myotoxic phospholipases A2 on mouse endothelial (tEnd) and skeletal muscle (C2C12) cells in vitro

B Lomonte, Y Angulo, S Rufini, W Cho, JR Giglio… - Toxicon, 1999 - Elsevier
A rapid in vitro cytolytic effect of some myotoxic phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) isolated from
the venoms of Viperidae snakes has been previously described. This study was undertaken …

Snake venomics and antivenomics of the arboreal neotropical pitvipers Bothriechis lateralis and Bothriechis schlegelii

B Lomonte, J Escolano, J Fernández… - Journal of proteome …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We report the comparative proteomic characterization of the venoms of two related
neotropical arboreal pitvipers from Costa Rica of the genus Bothriechis, B. lateralis (side …

Snake venoms are integrated systems, but abundant venom proteins evolve more rapidly

SD Aird, S Aggarwal, A Villar-Briones, MMY Tin… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background While many studies have shown that extracellular proteins evolve rapidly, how
selection acts on them remains poorly understood. We used snake venoms to understand …

The phospholipase A2 homologues of snake venoms: biological activities and their possible adaptive roles

B Lomonte, Y Angulo, M Sasa… - Protein and Peptide …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
A particular subgroup of toxins with phospholipase A2 (PLA2) structure, but devoid of this
enzymatic activity, is commonly found in the venoms of snakes of the family Viperidae, and …

Phospholipase A2 myotoxins from Bothrops snake venoms: structure-function relationship

AM Soares, MRM Fontes, JR Giglio - Current Organic Chemistry, 2004 - benthamdirect.com
Phospholipases A2 constitute the major components from Bothrops snake venoms and have
been extensively investigated not only because they are relatively very abundant in these …

Snake venom phospholipase A2 enzymes

R Doley, X Zhou, RM Kini - Handbook of venoms and toxins of …, 2010 - books.google.com
174 Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles enzymes, as well as with other proteins, by
covalent or noncovalent interactions. Snake venoms often contain many isoenzymes, and …

Purification and characterization of an anticoagulant phospholipase A2 from Indian monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) venom

R Doley, AK Mukherjee - Toxicon, 2003 - Elsevier
An anticoagulant, non-toxic phospholipase A2 was isolated from the venom of Indian
monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) by a combination of ion-exchange chromatography on CM …