Molecular Characterization of a Three-disulfide Bridges Beta-like Neurotoxin from Androctonus crassicauda Scorpion Venom
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Scorpion venom is the richest source of peptide toxins with high levels of specific interactions with different ion-channel membrane proteins. The present study involved the amplification and sequencing of a 310-bp cDNA fragment encoding a beta-like neurotoxin active on sodium ion-channel from the venom glands of scorpion Androctonus crassicauda belonging to the Buthidae family using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique. The amplified complementary DNA (cDNA) fragment had a coding sequence of 240 bp. The deduced precursor open-reading frame was composed of 80 amino acid residues contain a signal peptide of 22 amino acid residues, followed by a mature toxin of 58 amino acids. It had a molecular mass of 6.84 kDa and isoelectric point of 4.58. The sequence similarity search revealed several matches with the scorpion toxin-like domain of toxin-3 superfamily with a homology range of 35- 75%. Multiple alignments and secondary structure prediction demonstrated that the toxin peptide deduced from the amplified cDNA was related to the long-chain neurotoxins in size but stabilized by three disulfide bridges instead of four. The level of difference implies that the corresponding genes have originated from a common ancestor. This level of difference may also confirm an evolutionary link between the ‘short-chain’ and ‘long-chain’ toxins. The analysis showed one major segment within this neurotoxin with maximal hydrophilicity which was predicted to be antigenic by inducing an antibody response.
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volume 74 issue 2
pages 135- 142
publication date 2019-06-01
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