Enzymatic toxins from snake venom: structural characterization and mechanism of catalysis

TS Kang, D Georgieva, N Genov… - The FEBS …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Snake venom L-amino acid oxidases

XY Du, KJ Clemetson - Toxicon, 2002 - Elsevier
l-amino acid oxidases are widely found in snake venoms and are thought to contribute to the
toxicity upon envenomation. The mechanism of these toxic effects and whether they result …

[图书][B] Handbook of venoms and toxins of reptiles

SP Mackessy - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
The Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles offers" one-stop shopping" to all biologists,
biochemists, toxicologists, physicians, clinicians, and epidemiologists, and informed …

Snake venom L‐amino acid oxidases: Trends in pharmacology and biochemistry

LFM Izidoro, JC Sobrinho, MM Mendes… - BioMed research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
L‐amino acid oxidases are enzymes found in several organisms, including venoms of
snakes, where they contribute to the toxicity of ophidian envenomation. Their toxicity is …

Protein complexes in snake venom

R Doley, RM Kini - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2009 - Springer
Snake venom contains mixture of bioactive proteins and polypeptides. Most of these
proteins and polypeptides exist as monomers, but some of them form complexes in the …

Past decade study of snake venom L-amino acid oxidase

C Guo, S Liu, Y Yao, Q Zhang, MZ Sun - Toxicon, 2012 - Elsevier
As one of the major protein (enzyme) components of snake venom (SV), l-amino acid
oxidase (LAAO) plays an important role in the toxicities and biological activities for SV …

Structure–function studies and mechanism of action of snake venom L-amino acid oxidases

A Ullah - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Snake venom L-amino acid oxidases (SV-LAAOs) are the least studied venom enzymes.
These enzymes catalyze the stereospecific oxidation of an L-amino acid to their …

Antigenic, microbicidal and antiparasitic properties of an l-amino acid oxidase isolated from Bothrops jararaca snake venom

P Ciscotto, RAM De Avila, EAF Coelho, J Oliveira… - Toxicon, 2009 - Elsevier
Venoms from the bee Apis mellifera, the caterpillar Lonomia achelous, the spiders Lycosa
sp. and Phoneutria nigriventer, the scorpions Tityus bahiensis and Tityus serrulatus, and the …

Proteomic characterization of two snake venoms: Naja naja atra and Agkistrodon halys

S Li, J Wang, X Zhang, Y Ren, N Wang… - Biochemical …, 2004 - portlandpress.com
Snake venom is a complex mixture of proteins and peptides, and a number of studies have
described the biological properties of several venomous proteins. Nevertheless, a complete …

A new bacterial L-amino acid oxidase with a broad substrate specificity: purification and characterization

B Geueke, W Hummel - Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2002 - Elsevier
The Gram-positive bacterium Rhodococcus opacus DSM 43250 produces an l-amino acid
oxidase (l-AAO) with a very broad substrate specificity. This enzyme has been purified to …