Conus loroisii is a marine vermivorous snail found profusely in the southern seas of India.They harbor several toxic peptide components commonly called as‘conotoxins’.In this study,we have identified and sequenced f...
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...
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...
In our efforts for cloning novel I2-superfamily conotoxins using the signal peptide sequence, we identified a novel conotoxin Lt12.4 from Conus litteratus. This gene has a framework XII (-C-C-C-C-CC-C-C-), which is ...
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...
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...