Chemical Modification of Cationic Groups of a Novel .ALPHA.-Neurotoxin (Oh-4) from King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) Venom.
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- Lin Shinne-Ren
- School of Chemistry Kaohsiung Medical College
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- Chi Shu-Hwa
- Department of Biochemistry, Kaohsiung Medical College
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- Chang Long-Sen
- Department of Biochemistry, Kaohsiung Medical College
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- Kuo Kou-Wha
- Department of Biochemistry, Kaohsiung Medical College
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- Chang Chun-Chang
- Department of Biochemistry, Kaohsiung Medical College
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The cationic groups of arginine and lysine residues in Oh-4, a novel α-neurotoxin from king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) venom were subjected to modification with p-hydroxyphenylglyoxal (HPG) and trinitrobenzene sulfonate (TNBS), respectively. Monoderivatization of Arg-35, resulted in a drastic loss in neurotoxicity to 25% of the native toxin. The activity was decreased to a greater extent with the derivative extensively modified on Arg-35, -9, and -37. The Arg-35-modified derivative retained about a half of the antigenicity of the native toxin, and extensive modification on Arg-9 and Arg-37 caused a further decrease in the antigenicity of the toxin molecule. Selective trinitrophenylation (TNP-) of Lys-51 caused losses of neurotoxicity and antigenicity by 77 and 83%, respectively. These results indicate that Arg-35 and Lys-51 in Oh-4 have important roles in the neurotoxicity. In contrast to the Arg residues at 9, 35, and 37, Lys-51 plays a more critical role in the antigenicity.
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- The Journal of Biochemistry
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The Journal of Biochemistry 118 (2), 297-301, 1995
The Japanese Biochemical Society
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- CRID
- 1572543028011279360
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- NII論文ID
- 130003532597
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- ISSN
- 0021924X
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- en
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