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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-6
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Tx1 from the venom of the Brazilian spider, Phoneutria nigriventer, is a lethal neurotoxic polypeptide of M(r) 8600 Da with 14 cysteine residues. It is a novel sodium channel blocker which reversibly inhibits sodium currents in CHO cells expressing recombinant sodium (Nav1.2) channels. We cloned and expressed the Tx1 toxin as a thioredoxin fusion product in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli. After semipurification by immobilized Ni-ion affinity chromatography, the recombinant Tx1 was purified by reverse phase chromatography and characterized. It displayed similar biochemical and pharmacological properties to the native toxin, and it should be useful for further investigation of structure-function relationship of Na channels.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1046-5928
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-8-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Brazil, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Injections, Intraventricular, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Sodium, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Sodium Channel Blockers, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Sodium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Spider Venoms, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Spiders, pubmed-meshheading:16908187-Structure-Activity Relationship
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional expression and purification of recombinant Tx1, a sodium channel blocker neurotoxin from the venom of the Brazilian "armed" spider, Phoneutria nigriventer.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Rua Conde Pereira Carneiro, 80, 30 510-010 Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil. mdiniz@funed.mg.gov.br
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't