Serine Protease Variants Encoded by Echis ocellatus Venom Gland cDNA : Cloning and Sequencing Analysis

المؤلفون المشاركون

Sallam, T. A.
Mothana, R. A. A.
Rahman, M. T.
al-Balushi, Moza S.
Hasson, S. S.
al-Jabri, A. A.

المصدر

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

العدد

المجلد 2010، العدد 2010 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2010)، ص ص. 1-12، 12ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2010-09-29

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

12

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الملخص EN

Envenoming by Echis saw-scaled viper is the leading cause of death and morbidity in Africa due to snake bite.

Despite its medical importance, there have been few investigations into the toxin composition of the venom of this viper.

Here, we report the cloning of cDNA sequences encoding four groups or isoforms of the haemostasis-disruptive Serine protease proteins (SPs) from the venom glands of Echis ocellatus.

All these SP sequences encoded the cysteine residues scaffold that form the 6-disulphide bonds responsible for the characteristic tertiary structure of venom serine proteases.

All the Echis ocellatus EoSP groups showed varying degrees of sequence similarity to published viper venom SPs.

However, these groups also showed marked intercluster sequence conservation across them which were significantly different from that of previously published viper SPs.

Because viper venom SPs exhibit a high degree of sequence similarity and yet exert profoundly different effects on the mammalian haemostatic system, no attempt was made to assign functionality to the new Echis ocellatus EoSPs on the basis of sequence alone.

The extraordinary level of interspecific and intergeneric sequence conservation exhibited by the Echis ocellatus EoSPs and analogous serine proteases from other viper species leads us to speculate that antibodies to representative molecules should neutralise (that we will exploit, by epidermal DNA immunization) the biological function of this important group of venom toxins in vipers that are distributed throughout Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Hasson, S. S.& Mothana, R. A. A.& Sallam, T. A.& al-Balushi, Moza S.& Rahman, M. T.& al-Jabri, A. A.. 2010. Serine Protease Variants Encoded by Echis ocellatus Venom Gland cDNA : Cloning and Sequencing Analysis. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448347

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Hasson, S. S.…[et al.]. Serine Protease Variants Encoded by Echis ocellatus Venom Gland cDNA : Cloning and Sequencing Analysis. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448347

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Hasson, S. S.& Mothana, R. A. A.& Sallam, T. A.& al-Balushi, Moza S.& Rahman, M. T.& al-Jabri, A. A.. Serine Protease Variants Encoded by Echis ocellatus Venom Gland cDNA : Cloning and Sequencing Analysis. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448347

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-448347