Abstract
The insecticidal neurotoxins AaIT, LqhIT2, and miew-agaIV from venom of Arachnida were rapidly re-purified from their respective crude venoms using mass spectrometry analyses and two high pressure chromatographic steps. The purity of each toxin was confirmed by capillary zone electrophoresis. Each toxin was identified by mass spectrometry and their biological activity confirmed by bioassays against tobacco cutworms and mice. In addition, AaIT and LqhIT2 were partially sequenced using post-source decay mass spectrometry analysis. The spider neurotoxin miew-agaIV was identified from other isomassic peptide by fingerprint mass analysis of its tryptic fragments.
Keywords: INSECTICIDAL PEPTIDES, MALDI-TOF-MS, insecticidal neurotoxins AaIT, LqhIT, mass spectrometry, capillary zone electrophoresis, Androctonus australis, Leiurus quinquestriatus, Agelenopsis aperta
Protein & Peptide Letters
Title:DETECTION AND PURIFICATION OF INSECTICIDAL PEPTIDES FROM SCORPIONS AND SPIDERS: A RAPID METHOD FOR THEIR ISOLATION FROM THEIR CRUDE VENOMS USING MALDI-TOF-MS ANALYSIS
Volume: 8 Issue: 5
Author(s): Gerardo Corzo, Elba Villegas, Hon-Seok Lee and Terumi Nakajima
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Keywords: INSECTICIDAL PEPTIDES, MALDI-TOF-MS, insecticidal neurotoxins AaIT, LqhIT, mass spectrometry, capillary zone electrophoresis, Androctonus australis, Leiurus quinquestriatus, Agelenopsis aperta
Abstract: The insecticidal neurotoxins AaIT, LqhIT2, and miew-agaIV from venom of Arachnida were rapidly re-purified from their respective crude venoms using mass spectrometry analyses and two high pressure chromatographic steps. The purity of each toxin was confirmed by capillary zone electrophoresis. Each toxin was identified by mass spectrometry and their biological activity confirmed by bioassays against tobacco cutworms and mice. In addition, AaIT and LqhIT2 were partially sequenced using post-source decay mass spectrometry analysis. The spider neurotoxin miew-agaIV was identified from other isomassic peptide by fingerprint mass analysis of its tryptic fragments.
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Corzo Gerardo, Villegas Elba, Lee Hon-Seok and Nakajima Terumi, DETECTION AND PURIFICATION OF INSECTICIDAL PEPTIDES FROM SCORPIONS AND SPIDERS: A RAPID METHOD FOR THEIR ISOLATION FROM THEIR CRUDE VENOMS USING MALDI-TOF-MS ANALYSIS, Protein & Peptide Letters 2001; 8 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929866013409238
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929866013409238 |
Print ISSN 0929-8665 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5305 |
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