Towards the Exploration and Evolution of Insulin-like Venoms in Actiniaria (Sea anemones)

A Delgado, KS Sozanski, M Daly - Marine Drugs, 2024 - mdpi.com
Recent studies have elucidated the diversity of genes encoding venom in Sea anemones.
However, most of those genes are yet to be explored in an evolutionary context. Insulin is a …

Molecular Insights into the Low Complexity Secreted Venom of Calliactis polypus

HL Smith, DA Broszczak, SE Bryan… - Genome Biology and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Sea anemones are venomous animals that rely on their venom for prey capture, defense
against predators, and intraspecific competition. Currently, comprehensive molecular and …

Chromosome‐level genome assembly of a deep‐sea Venus flytrap sea anemone sheds light upon adaptations to an extremely oligotrophic environment

J Li, Z Zhan, Y Li, Y Sun, T Zhou, K Xu - Molecular Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Venus flytrap sea anemone Actinoscyphia liui inhabits the nutrient‐limited deep ocean
in the tropical western Pacific. Compared with most other sea anemones, it has undergone a …

Proteotransciptomics of the Most Popular Host Sea Anemone Entacmaea quadricolor Reveals Not All Toxin Genes Expressed by Tentacles Are Recruited into Its …

CM Hoepner, ZK Stewart, R Qiao, EK Fobert, PJ Prentis… - Toxins, 2024 - mdpi.com
While the unique symbiotic relationship between anemonefishes and sea anemones is
iconic, it is still not fully understood how anemonefishes can withstand and thrive within the …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and functional characterisation of Tst2, a novel TRPV1 inhibitory peptide from the Australian sea anemone Telmatactis stephensoni

KA Elnahriry, DCC Wai, LM Ashwood… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sea anemone venoms are complex mixtures of biologically active compounds, including
disulfide-rich peptides, some of which have found applications as research tools, and others …

The genome of the ant Tetramorium bicarinatum reveals a tandem organization of venom peptides genes allowing the prediction of their regulatory and evolutionary …

A Touchard, V Barassé, JM Malgouyre, M Treilhou… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Venoms have evolved independently over a hundred times in the animal
kingdom to deter predators and/or subdue prey. Venoms are cocktails of various secreted …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and functional studies of Avt1, a novel peptide from the sea anemone Aulactinia veratra

RA Albar, HL Smith, K Sanches, DCC Wai… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2025 - Elsevier
Sea anemones are a rich source of peptide toxins spanning a diverse range of biological
activities, typically targeting proteins such as ion channels, receptors and transporters …

Structure–function relationships in ShKT domain peptides: ShKT‐Ts1 from the sea anemone Telmatactis stephensoni

K Sanches, LM Ashwood… - Proteins: Structure …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diverse structural scaffolds have been described in peptides from sea anemones, with the
ShKT domain being a common scaffold first identified in ShK toxin from Stichodactyla …

Towards the Exploration and Evolution of Insulin-Derived Venoms in Actiniaria (Sea anemones)

A Delgado, KS Sozanski, M Daly - 2024 - preprints.org
Recent studies have elucidated the diversity of genes encoding venom in sea anemones.
However, most of those genes are yet to be explored in an evolutionary context. Insulin is a …

[PDF][PDF] Structure-function relationships in domain peptides: from the sea anemone

K Sanches, LM Ashwood, AAM Olushola-Siedoks… - 2024 - dea.lib.unideb.hu
Diverse structural scaffolds have been described in peptides from sea anemones, with the
ShKT domain being a common scaffold first identified in ShK toxin from Stichodactyla …