funded by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development(NAFOSTED)under grant number 106-NN.02-2015.14
Objective:To determine the new M-superfamily conotoxins from molluscivorous snail Conus bandanus in Vietnam.Methods:Conus bandanus venom was fractionated and purified on HPLC system with an analytical reversed-phase C...
The evolutionarily unique and ecologically diverse family Conidae presents fundamental opportunities for marine pharmacology research and drug discovery.The focus of this investigation is to summarize the worldwide di...
α-Conotoxins are small disulfide-constrained peptides that act as potent and selective antagonists on specific subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). We previously cloned two α-conotoxins, Mrl.1 f...
As part of continuing studies of the identification of gene organization and cloning of novel α-conotoxins, the first α4/4-conotoxin identified in a vermivorous Conus species, designated Qcl.2, was originally obta...
Conotoxins are well known for their highly variable structures and functions. Here we report the identification of a novel conotoxin named mrle from Conus marmoreus. mrle is composed of 11 amino acid residues cross-li...
Every cone snail produces a mixture of different conotoxins and secretes them to immobilize their prey and predators, α3/5 Conotoxins, isolated from fish-hunting cone snails, target muscle nicotinic acetylcholine rec...
This work was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30170210)
The full-length cDNAs of two novel T-superfamily conotoxins, Lp5.1 and Lp5.2, were cloned from a vermivorous cone snail Conus leopardus using 3'/5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends. The cDNA of Lp5.1 encodes a precu...
Marine predatory cone snails (genus Conus) with over 500 species represent what is arguably the largest single genus of marine animals alive today. All Conus are venomous and utilize a complex mixture of Conus peptide...
Conotoxins are short peptide-toxins with specific targets and large diversity. They are usetul in analgesia, neuroprotection, detection of some kinds of deseases, and receptor and ion channel study. in order to explor...