A current perspective on snake venom composition and constituent protein families

T Tasoulis, GK Isbister - Archives of toxicology, 2023 - Springer
Snake venoms are heterogeneous mixtures of proteins and peptides used for prey
subjugation. With modern proteomics there has been a rapid expansion in our knowledge of …

Snake venomics: fundamentals, recent updates, and a look to the next decade

CH Tan - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Venomic research, powered by techniques adapted from proteomics, transcriptomics, and
genomics, seeks to unravel the diversity and complexity of venom through which knowledge …

Discovery and optimization of a broadly-neutralizing human monoclonal antibody against long-chain α-neurotoxins from snakes

L Ledsgaard, J Wade, TP Jenkins, K Boddum… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Snakebite envenoming continues to claim many lives across the globe, necessitating the
development of improved therapies. To this end, broadly-neutralizing human monoclonal …

[PDF][PDF] Innovative approaches to neutralizing cobra venom: Advances in antivenomics and recombinant antivenoms

I Karunarathna, K De Alvis, P Gunasena… - 2024 - researchgate.net
The King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) holds cultural significance and is one of the most
medically important venomous snakes worldwide. Envenomation by King Cobras often …

Convergent evolution of pain-inducing defensive venom components in spitting cobras

TD Kazandjian, D Petras, SD Robinson, J van Thiel… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Convergent evolution provides insights into the selective drivers underlying evolutionary
change. Snake venoms, with a direct genetic basis and clearly defined functional …

Minor snake venom proteins: Structure, function and potential applications

J Boldrini-França, CT Cologna, MB Pucca… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2017 - Elsevier
Snake venoms present a great diversity of pharmacologically active compounds that may be
applied as research and biotechnological tools, as well as in drug development and …

Functional proteomic analyses of Bothrops atrox venom reveals phenotypes associated with habitat variation in the Amazon

LF Sousa, JA Portes-Junior, CA Nicolau… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Venom variability is commonly reported for venomous snakes including Bothrops atrox.
Here, we compared the composition of venoms from B. atrox snakes collected at Amazonian …

How the cobra got its flesh-eating venom: Cytotoxicity as a defensive innovation and its co-evolution with hooding, aposematic marking, and spitting

N Panagides, TNW Jackson, MP Ikonomopoulou… - Toxins, 2017 - mdpi.com
The cytotoxicity of the venom of 25 species of Old World elapid snake was tested and
compared with the morphological and behavioural adaptations of hooding and spitting. We …

Venomics of Naja sputatrix, the Javan spitting cobra: A short neurotoxin-driven venom needing improved antivenom neutralization

NH Tan, KY Wong, CH Tan - Journal of proteomics, 2017 - Elsevier
The venom proteome of Naja sputatrix (Javan spitting cobra) was elucidated through
reverse-phase HPLC, nano-ESI-LCMS/MS and data mining. A total of 97 distinct protein …

Venomics of Bungarus caeruleus (Indian krait): Comparable venom profiles, variable immunoreactivities among specimens from Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan

AMF Oh, CH Tan, GC Ariaranee, N Quraishi… - Journal of proteomics, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indian krait (Bungarus caeruleus) is one of the “Big Four” venomous snakes
widely distributed in South Asia. The present venomic study reveals that its venom (Sri …