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LD50, the speed with which venoms incapacitated and killed scorpions was not associated with the degree of
arthropod feeding. The prey-specific venom toxicity of arthropod-feeding Echis may thus be adaptive
primarily by reducing venom expenditure. Overall, our results provide strong evidence that variation in
snake venom composition results from adaptive evolution driven by natural selection for different diets, and
underscores the need for a multi-faceted, integrative approach to the study of the causes of venom
evolution. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of
the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright
applies to all Abstracts.); Snake venom gene evolution has been studied intensively over the past several
decades, yet most previous studies have lacked the context of complete snake genomes and the full context
of gene expression across diverse snake tissues. We took a novel approach to studying snake venom
evolution by leveraging the complete genome of the Burmese python, including information from tissue-
specific patterns of gene expression. We identified the orthologs of snake venom genes in the python
genome, and conducted detailed analysis of gene expression of these venom homologs to identify patterns
that differ between snake venom gene families and all other genes. We found that venom gene homologs in
the python are expressed in many different tissues outside of oral glands, which illustrates the pitfalls of
using transcriptomic data alone to define "venom toxins." We hypothesize that the python may represent an
ancestral state prior to major venom development, which is supported by our finding that the expansion of
venom gene families is largely restricted to highly venomous caenophidian snakes. Therefore, the python
provides insight into biases in which genes were recruited for snake venom systems. Python venom
homologs are generally expressed at lower levels, have higher variance among tissues, and are expressed in
fewer organs compared with all other python genes. We propose a model for the evolution of snake venoms
in which venom genes are recruited preferentially from genes with particular expression profile
characteristics, which facilitate a nearly neutral transition toward specialized venom system expression.
ISSN/ISBN: 09628452; 07374038; 15407063
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Tema: Echis
Tema: Snake venom
ISSN/ISBN: 09628452; 14712970
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0048
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Fecha de publicación: / 01 / 01 /
Volúmen: 3
ISSN/ISBN: 20411723
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2065
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evolved at least four times among mammals through two distinct biochemical mechanisms operating at the
same sites on the same receptor.; •We investigate the molecular basis of resistance to elapid venoms in
honey badgers.•We used a phylogenetic approach to infer the molecular evolution of nAChR for a wide range
of mammals.•Resistance to snake venom α-neurotoxin has evolved at least four times among
mammals.•Honey badgers, hedgehogs, and pigs have nearly equivalent amino acid replacements.•Two
distinct biochemical mechanisms confer α-neurotoxin resistance on mammal nAChRs.
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-0101
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DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.03.007
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Tema: WIDOW spiders
Tema: CHROMOSOME duplication
Tema: GENE expression
Tema: GENE families
Tema: VENOM glands
Tema: black widow
Tema: comparative transcriptomics
Tema: gene family evolution
Tema: Latrodectus
Tema: venomics
Resumen: Gene duplication and positive selection can be important determinants of the evolution of venom,
a protein-rich secretion used in prey capture and defense. In a typical model of venom evolution, gene
duplicates switch to venom gland expression and change function under the action of positive selection,
which together with further duplication produces large gene families encoding diverse toxins. Although these
processes have been demonstrated for individual toxin families, high-throughput multitissue sequencing of
closely related venomous species can provide insights into evolutionary dynamics at the scale of the entire
venom gland transcriptome. By assembling and analyzing multitissue transcriptomes from the Western black
widow spider and two closely related species with distinct venom toxicity phenotypes, we do not find that
gene duplication and duplicate retention is greater in gene families with venom gland biased expression in
comparison with broadly expressed families. Positive selection has acted on some venom toxin families, but
does not appear to be in excess for families with venom gland biased expression. Moreover, we find 309
distinct gene families that have single transcripts with venom gland biased expression, suggesting that the
switching of genes to venom gland expression in numerous unrelated gene families has been a dominant
mode of evolution. We also find ample variation in protein sequences of venom gland-specific transcripts,
lineage-specific family sizes, and ortholog expression among species. This variation might contribute to the
variable venom toxicity of these species. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of Genome Biology &
Evolution is the property of Oxford University Press / USA and its content may not be copied or emailed to
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ISSN/ISBN: 17596653
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Tema: Systematics
ISSN/ISBN: 00244082
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DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00052.x
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Tema: Nematocyst
Tema: Nematostella
Tema: Toxin
Tema: Venom
ISSN/ISBN: 14362228
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DOI: 10.1007/s10126-012-9491-y
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Tema: Bothrops
Tema: cDNA
Tema: Evolution
Tema: Gene duplication
Tema: Myotoxin
Tema: Phospholipase
Tema: Phylogeny
Tema: Snake venom
ISSN/ISBN: 14321432; 00222844
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DOI: 10.1007/BF00170670
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Autor: Concepcion,Gisela P.
Autor: Lluisma,Arturo
Autor: Wuster,W.
Autor: Crookes,S.
Autor: Ineich,I.
Autor: Mane,Y.
Autor: Pook,C. E.
Autor: Trape,J. F.
Autor: Broadley,D. G.
Autor: Li,M.
Autor: Fry,B. G.
Autor: Kini,R. M.
Título: Adaptive radiation of venomous marine snail lineages and the accelerated evolution of
venom peptide genes
Título de publicación: Molecular biology and evolution
Lugar de publicación: United States
Editorial: New York Academy of Sciences
Año de publicación: 2005
Fecha de publicación: 09
Número: 2; 4
Volúmen: 1267; 45; 22
Páginas: 61; 437; 934
Tema: Evolution, Molecular*
Tema: Conotoxins/*genetics
Tema: Conus Snail/*genetics
Tema: Amino Acid Sequence
Tema: Animals
Tema: Base Sequence
Tema: Conserved Sequence
Tema: Gene Frequency
Tema: Models, Genetic
Tema: Molecular Sequence Data
Tema: Protein Sorting Signals/genetics
Tema: Selection, Genetic
Tema: Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Tema: phylogeography
Tema: Phylogeny
Tema: Africa
Tema: miocene
Tema: rift valley
Tema: serpentes
Tema: Naja
Tema: spitting cobra
Tema: BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Tema: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Tema: GENETICS & HEREDITY
Tema: gene duplication
Tema: sea snake
Tema: venom gland
Tema: phospholipase A(2)
Tema: evolution of toxins
Resumen: An impressive biodiversity (>10,000 species) of marine snails (suborder Toxoglossa or
superfamily Conoidea) have complex venoms, each containing approximately 100 biologically active,
disulfide-rich peptides. In the genus Conus, the most intensively investigated toxoglossan lineage (∼500
species), a small set of venom gene superfamilies undergo rapid sequence hyperdiversification within their
mature toxin regions. Each major lineage of Toxoglossa has its own distinct set of venom gene
superfamilies. Two recently identified venom gene superfamilies are expressed in the large Turridae clade,
but not in Conus. Thus, as major venomous molluscan clades expand, a small set of lineage-specific venom
gene superfamilies undergo accelerated evolution. The juxtaposition of extremely conserved signal
sequences with hypervariable mature peptide regions is unprecedented and raises the possibility that in
these gene superfamilies, the signal sequences are conserved as a result of an essential role they play in
enabling rapid sequence evolution of the region of the gene that encodes the active toxin.; © 2012 New York
Academy of Sciences.; We use phylogenetic analysis of 1333 bp of mitochondrial DNA sequence to
investigate the phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cobra-like elapid snakes, with special reference
to the evolution of spitting and the phylogeography of the African spitting cobras, a radiation widespread in
open vegetational formations throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Our results suggest that spitting adaptations
appear to have evolved three times in cobras, but alternative scenarios cannot be rejected. The Asiatic Naja
are monophyletic and originate from a single colonization of Asia from Africa. The radiation of the African
spitting Naja appears to date back to the early Miocene and many speciation events in the group predate the
Pliocene expansion of grasslands and the radiation of large grazing mammals in Africa. The cladogenic
events in this complex appear to have been triggered by both ecological changes and tectonic events
associated with the formation and expansion of the African Rift Valley. Taxonomically, our data confirm the
inclusion of Boulengerina and Paranaja within Naja, and reveal a clade of African rainforest cobras including
N. melanoleuca, Paranaja multifasciata and Boulengerina that constitutes the sister clade of the African
open-formation non-spitting cobras. Naja nigricollis is polyphyletic, and we therefore recognize N. nigricincta
as a separate species, more closely related to N. ashei and N. mossambica than to N. nigricollis. (C) 2007
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.; Accelerated evolution of toxins is a unique feature of venoms, with the
toxins evolving via the birth-and-death mode of molecular evolution. The venoms of sea snakes, however,
are remarkably simple in comparison to those of land snakes, which contain highly complex venoms.
Aipysurus eydouxii (Marbled sea snake) is a particularly unique sea snake, feeding exclusively upon fish
eggs. Secondary to this ecological change, the fangs have been lost and the venom glands greatly atrophied.
We recently showed that the only neurotoxin (a three-finger toxin) gene found in the sea snake A. eydouxii
has a dinucleotide deletion, resulting in the loss of neurotoxic activity. During these studies, we isolated and
identified a number of cDNA clones encoding isozymes of phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) toxins from its venom
gland. Sixteen unique PLA(2) clones were sequenced from the cDNA library and TA cloning of reverse
transcription-polymerase chain reaction products. Phylogenetic analysis of these clones revealed that less
diversification of the PLA(2) toxins has occurred in the A. eydouxii venom gland in comparison to equivalent
terrestrial and other marine snakes. As there is no longer a positive selection pressure acting upon the
venom, mutations have accumulated in the toxin-coding regions that would have otherwise had a deleterious
effect upon the ability to use the venom for prey capture. Such mutations include substitutions of highly
conserved residues; in one clone, the active site His(48) is replaced by Arg, and in two other clones, highly
conserved cysteine residues are replaced. These mutations significantly affect the functional and structural
properties of these PLA(2) enzymes, respectively. Thus, in A. eydouxii, the loss of the main neurotoxin is
accompanied by a much slower rate of molecular evolution of the PLA(2) toxins as a consequence of the
snake's shift in ecological niche. This is the first case of decelerated evolution of toxins in snake venom.
ISSN/ISBN: 1749-6632; 10557903; 07374038
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Autor: Bilde,T. (. 3. ).
Autor: Fang, X. ( 4,5 )
Autor: Jiang,X. (. 4. ).
Autor: Cheng,L. (. 4. ).
Autor: Fan,D. (. 4. ).
Autor: Feng,Y. (. 4. ).
Autor: Han,L. (. 4. ).
Autor: Huang,Z. (. 4. ).
Autor: Wu,Z. (. 4. ).
Autor: Liao,L. (. 4. ).
Autor: Zhu,Y. (. 4. ).
Autor: Wang, J. ( 4,5,9 )
Autor: Duan,J. (. 6. ).
Autor: Villesen, P. ( 6,8 )
Autor: Schauser,L. (. 7. ).
Título: Spider genomes provide insight into composition and evolution of venom and silk
Título de publicación: Nature Communications
Editorial: Nature Publishing Group
Año de publicación: 2014
Fecha de publicación: / 05 / 06 /
Volúmen: 5
ISSN/ISBN: 20411723
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4765
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Autor: Andersen,S. U.
Autor: Villesen,P.
Autor: Schierup,M. H.
Autor: Bilde,T.
Autor: Wang,J.
Título: Erratum: Spider genomes provide insight into composition and evolution of venom and silk
(Nature Communications (2014) 5 (3765) DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4765)
Título de publicación: Nature Communications
Editorial: Nature Publishing Group
Año de publicación: 2014
Fecha de publicación: / 08 / 06 /
Volúmen: 5
ISSN/ISBN: 20411723
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specialization (e.g., diet and range expansion) in the evolutionary history of the species–the period of
expansion, resulting in the rapid diversification of the venom arsenal, followed by longer periods of purifying
selection that preserve the potent toxin pharmacopeia–the period of purification and fixation. However,
species in the period of purification may re-enter the period of expansion upon experiencing a major shift in
ecology or environment. Thus, we highlight for the first time the significant roles of purifying and episodic
selections in shaping animal venoms. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of PLoS Genetics is the property
of Public Library of Science and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a
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ISSN/ISBN: 15537390
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005596
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review the physiology of platypus and echidna crural (venom) systems as well as pharmacological and
genomic studies of monotreme toxins. Further, we synthesize current ideas about the evolution of the
venom system, which in the platypus is likely to have been retained from a venomous ancestor, whilst being
lost in the echidnas. We also outline several research directions and outstanding questions that would be
productive to address in future research. An improved characterization of mammalian venoms will not only
yield new toxins with potential therapeutic uses, but will also aid in our understanding of the way that this
unusual trait evolves. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of Toxins is the property of MDPI Publishing and
its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright
holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual
use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer
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ISSN/ISBN: 20726651
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DOI: 10.3390/toxins6041260
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Tema: hypotension
Tema: opioid
Tema: defense
Tema: convergence
Tema: adaptation
Tema: toxin
Tema: venom
Tema: mimicry
Tema: evolution
Resumen: Summary Venom systems have evolved on multiple occasions across the animal kingdom, and
they can act as key adaptations to protect animals from predators [1]. Consequently, venomous animals
serve as models for a rich source of mimicry types, as non-venomous species benefit from reductions in
predation risk by mimicking the coloration, body shape, and/or movement of toxic counterparts [2–5]. The
frequent evolution of such deceitful imitations provides notable examples of phenotypic convergence and are
often invoked as classic exemplars of evolution by natural selection. Here, we investigate the evolution of
fangs, venom, and mimetic relationships in reef fishes from the tribe Nemophini (fangblennies). Comparative
morphological analyses reveal that enlarged canine teeth (fangs) originated at the base of the Nemophini
radiation and have enabled a micropredatory feeding strategy in non-venomous Plagiotremus spp.
Subsequently, the evolution of deep anterior grooves and their coupling to venom secretory tissue provide
Meiacanthus spp. with toxic venom that they effectively employ for defense. We find that fangblenny venom
contains a number of toxic components that have been independently recruited into other animal venoms,
some of which cause toxicity via interactions with opioid receptors, and result in a multifunctional
biochemical phenotype that exerts potent hypotensive effects. The evolution of fangblenny venom has
seemingly led to phenotypic convergence via the formation of a diverse array of mimetic relationships that
provide protective (Batesian mimicry) and predatory (aggressive mimicry) benefits to other fishes [2, 6].
Our results further our understanding of how novel morphological and biochemical adaptations stimulate
ecological interactions in the natural world.
ISSN/ISBN: 0960-9822
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.067
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evolutionarily much closer to PmK49PLA2, a [Lys49]PLA2, from P. mucrosquamatus (Taiwan) than BPI and
BPII, both [Lys49]PLA2 forms, from P. flavoviridis (Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima islands of Japan). Such
evolutionary relationships are also seen in neutral [Asp49]PLA2 isozymes from the three Protobothrops
species. Thus, P. elegans is the species much closer to P. mucrosquamatus than P. flavoviridis. Their
evolutionary distances seem to be well related to geological history of the islands where they have lived. In
addition, it was clearly noted that Ovophis okinavensis (Amami-Oshima), which had formerly belonged to the
Trimeresurus genus, and Trimeresurus stejnegeri (Taiwan) are the species fairly distant from Protobothrops
genus.
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-0101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.06.021
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Número: 7–8
Volúmen: 12
Páginas: 531
Tema: Evolution
Tema: Eulipotyphla
Tema: Phylogeny
Tema: Shrew
Tema: Venom
Tema: és
Tema: Évolution
Tema: Eulipotyphles
Tema: Phylogénie
Tema: Musaraigne
Tema: Venin
Resumen: Abstract Orally delivered venom in animals is found in distantly related invertebrate and
vertebrate taxa, but is relatively rare in overall abundance. The trait would appear to be highly adaptive for
prey capture and defence, and has been suggested to be a key innovation that led to the diversification of
the venomous snakes. In extant mammals, oral venom is only found in the Eulipotyphla (which includes
solenodons, shrews, moles and hedgehogs), and is only known to be present in four species. The
phylogenetic distribution of venom across extant mammals suggests that venom evolved independently
three times in the Eulipotyphla. In extant shrews, grooved teeth are not associated with venomousness; only
the solenodon has both grooved lower incisors and salivary venom. Given these data, recent inferences of
widespread venomous abilities in extinct eulipotyphlans on the basis of grooved teeth are not justified.
ISSN/ISBN: 1631-0683
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2013.05.004
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other body tissues in five species of reptile, together with the use of available RNA-Seq datasets for
additional species, shows that the majority of genes used to support the establishment and expansion of the
Toxicofera are in fact expressed in multiple body tissues and most likely represent general maintenance or
“housekeeping” genes. The apparent conservation of gene complements across the Toxicofera therefore
reflects an artefact of incomplete tissue sampling. We therefore conclude that venom has evolved multiple
times in reptiles.
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-0101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2014.10.004
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into venom before the lineage split between Buthidae and non-Buthidae. By Comparing the toxin types and
abundance of the Buthidae, Chaerilidae and non-Buthidae families, we found that the family Chaerilidae has
a specific venom arsenal that is intermediate Buthidae and non-Buthidae, which suggests the dynamic
evolution of scorpion venom components from Buthidae to non-Buthidae species.
ISSN/ISBN: 1874-3919
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2013.06.007
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Autor: Massaldi,Hugo
Título: Evolution of venom antigenaemia and antivenom concentration in patients bitten by
snakes in Uruguay
Título de publicación: Toxicon
Año de publicación: 2012
Fecha de publicación: 11
Número: 6
Volúmen: 60
Páginas: 990
Tema: Snake bite
Tema: Bothrops
Tema: Antivenom
Tema: Venom concentration
Resumen: In this work we describe the first study carried out in Uruguay of venom antigenaemia and
antivenom concentration in patients bitten by snakes. Between 50 and 70 snake bite accidents per year are
caused in Uruguay by 2 species: Rhinocerophis alternatus and Bothropoides pubescens. The patients are
treated with a specific polyvalent antivenom. Gaining insight on the evolution of venom antigenaemia and
antivenom concentration in patients is important to improve treatment protocols. Blood samples of 29
patients were analysed to determine venom and antivenom concentrations at different times. Venom was
detected in 18 of 19 samples before antivenom administration, with a mean concentration of 57 ng/mL. Most
of the patients received 4 or 8 vials to neutralize the venom effects. Only one patient needed a total of 16
vials. He showed a severe envenomation and needed supplementary amounts of antivenom after the fifth
day of the snake bite accident to reach normal clotting parameters. Antivenom concentrations were
determined at 12 h, 24 h and 15 days after antivenom administration. It was found a faster antivenom
decrease between 12 and 24 h than to 24 h to 15 days. This was explained by a different clearance
mechanism in each period. In the first phase, the cause would be the neutralization of venom present in the
blood whereas in the second phase it would be due to unbound antivenom elimination.
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-0101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.07.001
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/science/article/pii/S0041010112005387
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their diverse physiological activities. In this review, we describe how accelerated evolution of venom PLA2
isozymes was discovered. This type of evolution is fundamental for other venom isozyme systems.
Accelerated evolution of venom PLA2 isozyme genes is due to rapid change in exons, but not in introns and
the flanking regions, being completely opposite to the case of the ordinary isozyme genes. The molecular
mechanism by which proper base substitutions had occurred in the particular sites of venom isozyme genes
is a puzzle to be solved in future studies. It should be noted that accelerated evolution occurred until the
isozymes had acquired their particular function and, since then, they have evolved with less frequent
mutation, possibly for functional conservation. We also found that interisland mutations occurred in venom
PLA2 isozymes. The relationships between mutation and its driving force are speculative and the real
mechanism remains a mystery.
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-0101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2003.11.003
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/science/article/pii/S0041010103003258
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Volúmen: 98
Páginas: 34
Tema: Gene expression
Tema: Genetics of adaptation
Tema: Venom evolution
Tema: Snake venom
Tema: Hybridization
Resumen: Abstract The genetics underlying adaptive trait evolution describes the intersection between the
probability that particular types of mutation are beneficial and the rates they arise. Snake venoms can vary
in a directly meaningful manner through coding mutations and regulatory mutations. The amounts of
different components determine venom efficacy, but point mutations in coding sequences can also change
efficacy and function. The Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) has populations that have evolved
neurotoxic venom from the typical hemorrhagic rattlesnake venom present throughout most of its range. We
identified only a handful of nonsynonymous differences in just five loci between animals with each venom
type, and these differences affected lower-abundance toxins. Expression of at least 18 loci encoding
hemorrhagic toxins was severely reduced in the production of neurotoxic venom. The entire phospholipase
A2 toxin family was completely replaced in the neurotoxic venom, possibly through intergeneric
hybridization. Venom paedomorphosis could, at best, explain only some of the loss of expression of
hemorrhagic toxins. The number of potential mechanisms for altering venom composition and the patterns
observed for C. horridus suggest that rapid venom evolution should occur primarily through changes in
venom composition, rather than point mutations affecting coding sequences.
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-0101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.02.015
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/science/article/pii/S0041010115000549
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2014.01.018
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/science/article/pii/S0014579314000441
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Tema: Transcriptomics
Tema: Proteomics
Tema: Venomics
Resumen: Abstract Animal venom is a complex cocktail of bioactive chemicals that traditionally drew interest
mostly from biochemists and pharmacologists. However, in recent years the evolutionary and ecological
importance of venom is realized as this trait has direct and strong influence on interactions between species.
Moreover, venom content can be modulated by environmental factors. Like many other fields of biology,
venom research has been revolutionized in recent years by the introduction of systems biology approaches,
i.e., genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. The employment of these methods in venom research is
known as ‘venomics’. In this review we describe the history and recent advancements of venomics and
discuss how they are employed in studying venom in general and in particular in the context of evolutionary
ecology. We also discuss the pitfalls and challenges of venomics and what the future may hold for this
emerging scientific field.
ISSN/ISBN: 1874-3919
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2015.09.015
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/science/article/pii/S1874391915301317
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methods, a qualitative and partial analysis of the proteic components of Pseudechis guttatus venom.
Although previous studies contributed to the knowledge of the major components of this venom, our study
revealed some yet undescribed protein species, as well as new toxins, such as CRiSPs, phospholipase B,
transferrin-like protein and ecto 5′-nucleotidase.
ISSN/ISBN: 1874-3919
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2014.07.030
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/science/article/pii/S1874391914003911
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Tema: Venom
Tema: Adaptation
Tema: Toxin
Tema: Genomics
Resumen: Venoms contain highly complex mixtures that typically include hundreds of different components
and have evolved independently in a diverse range of animals including platypuses, shrews, snakes, lizards,
fishes, echinoderms, spiders, wasps, centipedes, sea snails, cephalopods, jellyfish and sea anemones. Many
venom genes evolved through gene duplication. Gene duplication occurs in all domains of life and provides
the raw substrate from which novel function arise. In this review, we focus on the role that gene duplication
has played in the origin and diversification of venom genes. We outline the selective advantages of venom
gene duplicates and the role that selection has played in the retention of these duplicates. We use toxin gene
intermediates to help trace the evolution of toxin innovation. We also focus on other genomic processes,
such as exon and domain duplications, in venom evolution. Finally, we conclude by focusing on the use of
high throughput sequencing technology in understanding venom evolution.
ISSN/ISBN: 0378-1119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2012.01.009
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/science/article/pii/S0378111912000388
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entrance and discharge orifices at either end of the canal develop by a similar invagination but the initial
width of the invagination is very different from that in the middle of the tooth, and is associated with higher
proliferation. The two sides of the invaginating epithelium never come into contact, leaving the orifice open.
The mechanism by which the orifices form can be likened to that observed in reptiles with an open groove
along their fangs, such as the boomslang. It is thus tempting to speculate that the process of orifice
formation in viperids represents the ancestral pleisomorphic state, and that enclosed canals developed by a
change in the shape and size of the initial invagination.
ISSN/ISBN: 0925-4773
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2008.06.008
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/science/article/pii/S0925477308000853
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Tema: Toxins
Resumen: Abstract Venomous animals occupy one of the most successful evolutionary niches and occur on
nearly every continent. They deliver venoms via biting and stinging apparatuses with the aim to rapidly
incapacitate prey and deter predators. This has led to the evolution of venom components that act at a
number of biological targets – including ion channels, G-protein coupled receptors, transporters and
enzymes – with exquisite selectivity and potency, making venom-derived components attractive
pharmacological tool compounds and drug leads. In recent years, plate-based pharmacological screening
approaches have been introduced to accelerate venom-derived drug discovery. A range of assays are
amenable to this purpose, including high-throughput electrophysiology, fluorescence-based functional and
binding assays. However, despite these technological advances, the traditional activity-guided fractionation
approach is time-consuming and resource-intensive. The combination of screening techniques suitable for
miniaturization with sequence-based discovery approaches – supported by advanced proteomics, mass
spectrometry, chromatography as well as synthesis and expression techniques – promises to further improve
venom peptide discovery. Here, we discuss practical aspects of establishing a pipeline for venom peptide
drug discovery with a particular emphasis on pharmacology and pharmacological screening approaches.
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3908
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.03.038
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028390817301302
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(toxicovenomics). About one-third of all venomic studies have focused on elapid species, especially those of
the Old World. The New World elapids, represented by coral snakes, have been less studied. In recent years,
however, a number of venomic studies on Micrurus species from North, Central, and South America have
been conducted. An overview of these studies is presented, highlighting the emergence of some patterns
and trends concerning their compositional, functional, and immunological characteristics. Results gathered to
date, encompassing 18 out of the approximately 85 species of Micrurus, reveal a dichotomy of venom
phenotypes regarding the relative abundance of the omnipresent phospholipases A2 (PLA2) and 'three-
finger' toxins (3FTx): a group of species express a PLA2-predominant venom composition, while others
display a 3FTx-predominant compositional pattern. These two divergent toxin expression phenotypes appear
to be related to phylogenetic positions and geographical distributions along a North-South axis in the
Americas, but further studies encompassing a higher number of species are needed to assess these
hypotheses. The two contrasting phenotypes also show correlations with some toxic functionalities,
complexity in the diversity of proteoforms, and immunological cross-recognition patterns. The biological
significance for the emergence of a dichotomy of venom compositions within Micrurus, in some cases
observed even among sympatric species that inhabit relatively small geographic areas, represents a puzzling
and challenging area of research which warrants further studies.
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-0101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.09.008
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041010116302719
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investigated by solution NMR in water and detergent micelles used to mimic membrane environment. The N-
terminal spiderine domain OtTx1a-AMP (41 amino acid residues) contains no cysteines. It is disordered in
aqueous solution but in micelles, it assumes a stable amphiphilic structure consisting of two α-helices
separated by a flexible linker. On the contrary, the C-terminal domain OtTx1a-ICK (59 residues) is a
disulfide-rich polypeptide reticulated by five S–S bridges. It presents a stable structure in water and its core
is the inhibitor cystine knot (ICK) or knottin motif that is common among single-domain neurotoxins.
OtTx1a-ICK structure is the first knottin with five disulfide bridges and it represents a good reference for the
whole oxytoxin family. The affinity of both domains to membranes was measured with NMR using titration by
liposome suspensions. In agreement with biological tests, OtTx1a-AMP was found to show high membrane
affinity explaining its potent antimicrobial properties.
ISSN/ISBN: 1469-896X
DOI: 10.1002/pro.3101
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pro.3101
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Resumen: Eight cDNAs encoding serine proteases isolated from Trimeresurus flavoviridis (habu snake) and
T. gramineus (green habu snake) venom gland cDNA libraries showed that nonsynonymous nucleotide
substitutions have accumulated in the mature protein-coding regions to cause amino acid changes. Southern
blot analysis of T. flavoviridis genomic DNAs using two proper probes indicated that venom gland serine
protease genes form a multigene family in the genome. These observations suggest that venom gland serine
proteases have diversified their amino acid sequences in an accelerating manner. Since a similar feature has
been previously discovered in crotalinae snake venom gland phospholipase A2 (PLA2) isozyme genes,
accelerated evolution appears to be universal in plural isozyme families of crotalinae snake venom gland.
ISSN/ISBN: 1873-3468
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(96)01144-1
URL: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/10.1016/S0014-5793(96)01144-1
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showed that they have characteristic unit encoding approximately 90 amino acid residues, which is divided
over two exons. This strongly suggests that the PLI-I gene belongs to the uPAR, Ly-6, CD59 and neurotoxin
gene family. There are two types of structurally different inhibitors against PLA2 isozymes in T. flavoviridis
serum with different evolutionary origins.
ISSN/ISBN: 1432-1033
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00838.x
URL: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00838.x
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DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00222.x
URL: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00222.x
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selection was operating on the highly conserved BPTI fold, indicating that this family evolved by gene
duplication and rapid diversification.
ISSN/ISBN: 1873-3468
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00693-8
URL: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00693-8
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03627.x
URL: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co:2048/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03627.x
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Autor: Arbuckle,Kevin
Título: Tempo and Mode of the Evolution of Venom and Poison in Tetrapods
Título de publicación: Toxins
Año de publicación: 2016
Número: 7
Volúmen: 8
Tema: chemical weaponry
Tema: function
Tema: toxin acquisition
Tema: macroevolution
Tema: phylogenetic comparative method
Tema: reptiles
Tema: amphibians
Tema: birds
Tema: mammals
Resumen: Toxic weaponry in the form of venom and poison has evolved in most groups of animals,
including all four major lineages of tetrapods. Moreover, the evolution of such traits has been linked to
several key aspects of the biology of toxic animals including life-history and diversification. Despite this,
attempts to investigate the macroevolutionary patterns underlying such weaponry are lacking. In this study
we analyse patterns of venom and poison evolution across reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and birds using a
suite of phylogenetic comparative methods. We find that each major lineage has a characteristic pattern of
trait evolution, but mammals and reptiles evolve under a surprisingly similar regime, whilst that of
amphibians appears to be particularly distinct and highly contrasting compared to other groups. Our results
also suggest that the mechanism of toxin acquisition may be an important distinction in such evolutionary
patterns; the evolution of biosynthesis is far less dynamic than that of sequestration of toxins from the diet.
Finally, contrary to the situation in amphibians, other tetrapod groups show an association between the
evolution of toxic weaponry and higher diversification rates. Taken together, our study provides the first
broad-scale analysis of macroevolutionary patterns of venom and poison throughout tetrapods.
ISSN/ISBN: 2072-6651
DOI: 10.3390/toxins8070193
URL:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/8/7/193/htm
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Autor: Vonk,J. F.
Autor: Naude,Arno
Autor: Strydom,A. M.
Autor: Jacobsz,Louis
Autor: Dunstan,Nathan
Autor: Jaeger,Marc
Autor: Hodgson,C. W.
Autor: Miles,John
Autor: Fry,G. B.
Título: How the Cobra Got Its Flesh-Eating Venom: Cytotoxicity as a Defensive Innovation and Its
Co-Evolution with Hooding, Aposematic Marking, and Spitting
Título de publicación: Toxins
Año de publicación: 2017
Número: 3
Volúmen: 9
Tema: cytotoxin
Tema: cobra
Tema: Hemachatus
Tema: Naja
Tema: Ophiophagus
Tema: Elapidae
Tema: evolution
Tema: antipredator defense
Resumen: The cytotoxicity of the venom of 25 species of Old World elapid snake was tested and compared
with the morphological and behavioural adaptations of hooding and spitting. We determined that, contrary to
previous assumptions, the venoms of spitting species are not consistently more cytotoxic than those of
closely related non-spitting species. While this correlation between spitting and non-spitting was found
among African cobras, it was not present among Asian cobras. On the other hand, a consistent positive
correlation was observed between cytotoxicity and utilisation of the defensive hooding display that cobras
are famous for. Hooding and spitting are widely regarded as defensive adaptations, but it has hitherto been
uncertain whether cytotoxicity serves a defensive purpose or is somehow useful in prey subjugation. The
results of this study suggest that cytotoxicity evolved primarily as a defensive innovation and that it has co-
evolved twice alongside hooding behavior: once in the Hemachatus + Naja and again independently in the
king cobras (Ophiophagus). There was a significant increase of cytotoxicity in the Asian Naja linked to the
evolution of bold aposematic hood markings, reinforcing the link between hooding and the evolution of
defensive cytotoxic venoms. In parallel, lineages with increased cytotoxicity but lacking bold hood patterns
evolved aposematic markers in the form of high contrast body banding. The results also indicate that,
secondary to the evolution of venom rich in cytotoxins, spitting has evolved three times independently: once
within the African Naja, once within the Asian Naja, and once in the Hemachatus genus. The evolution of
cytotoxic venom thus appears to facilitate the evolution of defensive spitting behaviour. In contrast, a
secondary loss of cytotoxicity and reduction of the hood occurred in the water cobra Naja annulata, which
possesses streamlined neurotoxic venom similar to that of other aquatic elapid snakes (e.g., hydrophiine sea
snakes). The results of this study make an important contribution to our growing understanding of the
selection pressures shaping the evolution of snake venom and its constituent toxins. The data also aid in
elucidating the relationship between these selection pressures and the medical impact of human snakebite in
the developing world, as cytotoxic cobras cause considerable morbidity including loss-of-function injuries
that result in economic and social burdens in the tropics of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
ISSN/ISBN: 2072-6651
DOI: 10.3390/toxins9030103
URL: http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/9/3/103
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Número: 5
Volúmen: 56
Páginas: 938
Resumen: The evolution of venoms is the story of how toxins arise and of the processes that generate and
maintain their diversity. For animal venoms these processes include recruitment for expression in the venom
gland, neofunctionalization, paralogous expansions, and functional divergence. The systematic study of these
processes requires the reliable identification of the venom components involved in antagonistic interactions.
High-throughput sequencing has the potential of uncovering the entire set of toxins in a given organism, yet
the existence of non-venom toxin paralogs and the misleading effects of partial census of the molecular
diversity of toxins make necessary to collect complementary evidence to distinguish true toxins from their
non-venom paralogs. Here, we analyzed the whole genomes of two scorpions, one spider and one snake,
aiming at the identification of the full repertoires of genes encoding toxin-like proteins. We classified the
entire set of protein-coding genes into paralogous groups and monotypic genes, identified genes encoding
toxin-like proteins based on known toxin families, and quantified their expression in both venom-glands and
pooled tissues. Our results confirm that genes encoding toxin-like proteins are part of multigene families,
and that these families arise by recruitment events from non-toxin genes followed by limited expansions of
the toxin-like protein coding genes. We also show that failing to account for sequence similarity with non-
toxin proteins has a considerable misleading effect that can be greatly reduced by comparative
transcriptomics. Our study overall contributes to the understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of proteins
involved in antagonistic interactions.
ISSN/ISBN: 1557-7023; 1540-7063
DOI: icw097 [pii]
URL: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01363004/document
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Tema: coagulation
Tema: proteomics
Tema: evolution
Tema: redundancy
Resumen: Australia is the stronghold of the front-fanged venomous snake family Elapidae. The Australasian
elapid snake radiation, which includes approximately 100 terrestrial species in Australia, as well as
Melanesian species and all the world's true sea snakes, may be less than 12 million years old.. The incredible
phenotypic and ecological diversity of the clade is matched by considerable diversity in venom composition.
The clade’s evolutionary youth and dynamic evolution should make it of particular interest to toxinologists,
however, the majority of species, which are small, typically inoffensive, and seldom encountered by non-
herpetologists, have been almost completely neglected by researchers. The present study investigates the
venom composition of 28 species proteomically, revealing several interesting trends in venom composition,
and reports, for the first time in elapid snakes, the existence of an ontogenetic shift in the venom
composition and activity of brown snakes (Pseudonaja sp.). Trends in venom composition are compared to
the snakes’ feeding ecology and the paper concludes with an extended discussion of the selection pressures
shaping the evolution of snake venom.
ISSN/ISBN: 2072-6651
DOI: 10.3390/toxins8110309
URL: http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/8/11/309
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Páginas: 576
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-187179
URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Noam_Zilberberg/publication/51727678_Molding_the_Busi
ness_End_of_Neurotoxins_by_Diversifying_Evolution/links/0fcfd4ffc5de2cb7c3000000.pdf
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Número: 3
Volúmen: 97
Páginas: 206
Resumen: Knowledge of evolutionary relationships or phylogeny allows for effective predictions about the
unstudied characteristics of species. These include the presence and biological activity of an organism's
venoms. To date, most venom bioprospecting has focused on snakes, resulting in six stroke and cancer
treatment drugs that are nearing U.S. Food and Drug Administration review. Fishes, however, with
thousands of venoms, represent an untapped resource of natural products. The first step involved in the
efficient bioprospecting of these compounds is a phylogeny of venomous fishes. Here, we show the results of
such an analysis and provide the first explicit suborder-level phylogeny for spiny-rayed fishes. The results,
based on similar to 1.1 million aligned base pairs, suggest that, in contrast to previous estimates of 200
venomous fishes, > 1,200 fishes in 12 clades should be presumed venomous. This assertion was
corroborated by a detailed anatomical study examining potentially venomous structures in > 100 species.
The results of these studies not only alter our view of the diversity of venomous fishes, now representing >
50% of venomous vertebrates, but also provide the predictive phylogeny or "road map" for the efficient
search for potential pharmacological agents or physiological tools from the unexplored fish venoms.
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1503
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esj034
URL: https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/jhered/97/3/10.1093_jhered_esj034/2/esj034.pdf?
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Autor: Hyder,Asad S.
Autor: Ribeiro,Jose M. C.
Autor: Arntzen,Jan W.
Autor: van den Thillart,Guido E. E. J. M.
Autor: Boetzer,Marten
Autor: Pirovano,Walter
Autor: Dirks,Ron P.
Autor: Spaink,Herman P.
Autor: Duboule,Denis
Autor: McGlinn,Edwina
Autor: Kini,R. Manjunatha
Autor: Richardson,Michael K.
Título: The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake
venom system
Título de publicación: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Año de publicación: 2013
Fecha de publicación: DEC 17
Número: 51
Volúmen: 110
Páginas: 20651
Resumen: Snakes are limbless predators, and many species use venom to help overpower relatively large,
agile prey. Snake venoms are complex protein mixtures encoded by several multilocus gene families that
function synergistically to cause incapacitation. To examine venom evolution, we sequenced and
interrogated the genome of a venomous snake, the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), and compared it,
together with our unique transcriptome, microRNA, and proteome datasets from this species, with data from
other vertebrates. In contrast to the platypus, the only other venomous vertebrate with a sequenced
genome, we find that snake toxin genes evolve through several distinct co-option mechanisms and exhibit
surprisingly variable levels of gene duplication and directional selection that correlate with their functional
importance in prey capture. The enigmatic accessory venom gland shows a very different pattern of toxin
gene expression from the main venom gland and seems to have recruited toxin-like lectin genes repeatedly
for new nontoxic functions. In addition, tissue-specific microRNA analyses suggested the co-option of core
genetic regulatory components of the venom secretory system from a pancreatic origin. Although the king
cobra is limbless, we recovered coding sequences for all Hox genes involved in amniote limb development,
with the exception of Hoxd12. Our results provide a unique view of the origin and evolution of snake venom
and reveal multiple genome-level adaptive responses to natural selection in this complex biological weapon
system. More generally, they provide insight into mechanisms of protein evolution under strong selection.
ISSN/ISBN: 0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314702110
URL: http://www.pnas.org/content/110/51/20651.full.pdf
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Número: 18
Volúmen: 17
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Resumen: The evolution of the venomous function of snakes and the diversification of the toxins has been of
tremendous research interest and considerable debate. It has become recently evident that the evolution of
the toxins in the advanced snakes (Colubroidea) predated the evolution of the advanced, front-fanged
delivery mechanisms. Historically, the venoms of snakes lacking front-fanged venomdelivery systems
(conventionally grouped into the paraphyletic family Colubridae) have been largely neglected. In this study
we used liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry (LC/MS) to analyze a large number of venoms from
a wide array of species representing the major advanced snake clades Atractaspididae, Colubrinae, Elapidae,
Homalopsinae, Natricinae, Psammophiinae, Pseudoxyrhophiinae, Xenodontinae, and Viperidae. We also
present the first sequences of toxins from Azemiops fcae as well as additional toxin sequences from the
Colubrinae. The large body of data on molecular masses and retention times thus assembled demonstrates a
hitherto unsuspected diversity of toxins in all lineages, having implications ranging from clinical management
of envenomings to venom evolution to the use of isolated toxins as leads for drug design and development.
Although definitive assignment of a toxin to a protein family can only be done through demonstrated
structural studies such as N-terminal sequencing, the molecular mass data complemented by LC retention
information, presented here, do permit formulation of reasonable hypotheses concerning snake venom
evolution and potential clinical effects to a degree not possible till now, and some hypotheses of this kind are
proposed here. The data will also be useful in biodiscovery. Copyright (C) 2003 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
ISSN/ISBN: 0951-4198
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1148
URL:
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