A lethal neurotoxic protein from Indian king cobra
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A lethal neurotoxin protein (Toxin CM36) was isolated and purified from the Indian King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) venom by CM-Sephadex ion exchange chromatography and HPLC. The purified toxin had a SDSmolecular weight of 15 ± 0.5 kD. The UVabsorption spectra of Toxin CM36 showed a peak at 280 nm and an Emax at 343.8 nm, when excited at 280nm fluorescence. Toxin CM36 had an LDso of 3.5 J.lg120 g (iv) in male albino mice. It exhibited neurotoxicity and produced irreversible blockade of isolated chick biventer cervicis and rat phrenic nerve diaphragm. The neurotoxicity was found to be Ca+ dependent. Toxin CM36 had no significant effect on isolated guineapig heart and auricle. It also had no effect on blood pressure of cat and rat but produced respiratory apnoea in rat and guineapig. Toxin CM36 lacked phospholipase activity.
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A lethal neurotoxic protein from Indian king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) venom.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011