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Mário T Murakami1, Cristiane C Melo, Yamileth Angulo, Bruno Lomonte, Raghuvir K Arni.
Abstract
Lys49 snake-venom phospholipase A2 (PLA2) homologues are highly myotoxic proteins which, although lacking catalytic activity, possess the ability to disrupt biological membranes, inducing significant muscle-tissue loss and permanent disability in severely envenomed patients. Since the structural basis for their toxic activity is still only partially understood, the structure of myotoxin II, a monomeric Lys49 PLA2 homologue from Atropoides nummifer, has been determined at 2.08 angstroms resolution and the anion-binding site has been characterized.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16682766 PMCID: PMC2219968 DOI: 10.1107/S1744309106010700
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun ISSN: 1744-3091