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1: Toxicon. 1996 Apr;34(4):485-9.Click here to read Links

LYS-49 phospholipase A2 homologs from venoms of Deinagkistrodon acutus and Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus have identical protein sequence.

Wang YM, Wang JH, Pan FM, Tsai IH.

Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

The complete amino acid sequences of the Lys-49 PLA2s from the venom of Deinagkistrodon acutus (from Taiwan and China) and Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus (Taiwan habu) were solved by a facile cDNA cloning and sequencing method. The deduced amino acid sequences of the Lys-49 PLA2s of both venoms are identical, suggesting close phylogenic relationship between this two snake species of different genera. In addition, by cloning and cDNA sequencing, the mRNA coding for a Arg-49 PLA2 homolog of low expression level was also found in the venom gland of T. mucrosquamatus.

PMID: 8735248 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]