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  • Title: Amino acid sequence of a long-chain neurotoxin homologue, Pa ID, from the venom of an Australian elapid snake, Pseudechis australis.
    Author: Takasaki C.
    Journal: J Biochem; 1989 Jul; 106(1):11-6. PubMed ID: 2777741.
    Abstract:
    Pa ID, a long-chain neurotoxin homologue, was isolated from the venom of an Australian elapid snake, Pseudechis australis, and its amino acid sequence was determined by conventional methods. Pa ID was an acidic protein (pI = 6.2) and consisted of 68 amino acid residues. It did not show binding activity to the acetylcholine receptor of an electric ray (Narke japonica) nor lethal effect on mice, though the amino acid sequence is homologous with those of long-chain neurotoxins isolated from other elapid snakes (homology, 39-51%). In the sequence of Pa ID, a structurally invariant residue (Tyr-22) and two functionally invariant residues (Val/Ala-49 and Lys/Arg-50) in snake venom neurotoxins are replaced by a cysteine, an arginine, and a methionine residue, respectively, and furthermore, four common residues in long-chain neurotoxins, Gly-17, Ala-43, Ser-59, and Phe/His-66 are replaced by a glutamic acid, a threonine, a threonine, and a valine residue, respectively. The conformational change of the protein molecule caused by these replacements and the removal of a positive charge at position 50 are probably the reasons why Pa ID has lost the lethality.
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