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1: Toxicon. 1991;29(2):191-200.Links

Studies on the venom components of the long-glanded coral snake, Maticora bivirgata.

Takasaki C, Yoshida H, Shimazu T, Teruuchi T, Toriba M, Tamiya N.

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

The venom of the Asian long-glanded coral snake, Maticora bivirgata, was fractionated into five fractions, S1-S5, by passing through a Sephadex G-50 column. Fraction S2 contains two phospholipases A2, PLA2 I and PLA2 II, fraction S3 contains four cytotoxin homologues, maticotoxins A, C, D1 and D2, and fractions S4 and S5 contain a large amount (about 1 mg/specimen) of adenosine accompanied with smaller amounts of inosine and guanosine. The amino-terminal amino acid sequences of PLA2, I, PLA2 II and maticotoxin A suggest that Maticora bivirgata is closely related to Bungarinae, especially to genera Hemachatus and Naja.

PMID: 2048137 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]