Venom phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2 ) enzymes share similarity in structure and catalytic function
with mammalian enzymes. However, in contrast to mammalian enzymes, many are toxic …

Snakes are limbless predators, and many species use venom to help overpower relatively
large, agile prey. Snake venoms are complex protein mixtures encoded by several multilocus …

RM Kini and HJ Evans. A model to explain the pharmacological effects of snake venom
phospholipases A 2 . Toxicon27, 613–635, 1989.—Snake venom phospholipase A 2 enzymes …

Snake venoms are complex mixtures of pharmacologically active peptides and proteins.
These protein toxins belong to a small number of superfamilies of proteins. Three-finger toxins …

Animal venom components are of considerable interest to researchers across a wide variety
of disciplines, including molecular biology, biochemistry, medicine, and evolutionary …

Snake venoms are cocktails of enzymes and non‐enzymatic proteins used for both the
immobilization and digestion of prey. The most common snake venom enzymes include …

Over the last several decades, research on snake venom toxins has provided not only new
tools to decipher molecular details of various physiological processes, but also inspiration to …

The evolution of venom in advanced snakes has been a focus of long-standing interest.
Here we provide the first complete amino acid sequence of a colubrid toxin, which we have …

A basic phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2 ) enzyme, TFV PL-X (pI 9.2) and two acidic PLA 2 enzymes,
TFV PL-Ia (pI 4.9) and TFV PL-Ib (pI 4.5) were purified from Trimeresurus flavoridis venom …

Phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2 ) enzymes from snake venom are toxic and induce a wide spectrum
of pharmacological effects, despite similarity in primary, secondary and tertiary structures …