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Scorpion toxins present structural homologies with insect defensins (Cornet et al., 1995). In order to better characterize and understand the role of the structural motif present in these two families of proteins, we studied the three-dimensional structure of the neurotoxin III from the the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus quinquestriatus. Lqq III (Kopeyan et al., 1993) is a small protein (64 residues)...
Two neurotoxins, BmK I and BmK II, were purified from the venom of the Chinese scorpionButhus martensi Karsch. The complete amino acid sequences of both toxins, each containing 64 amino acid residues, were determined by the automatic sequencing of reduced and S-carboxymethylated toxins and their peptides, obtained after cleavage with TPCK-treated trypsin and Staphylococcus aureus V 8 protease,...
AbstractHyperthermia and profuse perspiration are rarely absent in severe cases of scorpion envenomation. Based on these observations, the aim of this study was to determine the therapeutic effects of dantrolene, on experimental poisoning by the venom of Androctonus australis hector. Dantrolene is a directly acting muscle relaxant which lowers the body temperature in malignant hyperthermia. The results...
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