title: [Molecular cloning and primary structure of cDNA fragment for alpha-latrocrustatoxin from black widow spider venom].
abstract: A fragment of the structural gene of alpha-latrocrustotoxin, a new representative of latrotoxins from black widow spider venom, was cloned. The fragment (1191 bp) was obtained by means of PCR based on the data obtained by sequencing tryptic peptides of the toxin. The fragment codes for a 397-aa sequence. The encoded polypeptide is the C-terminal fragment of the toxin central domain that presumably contains a site responsible for the toxin species specificity. The structural similarity of this fragment to the corresponding fragments of other latrotoxins was studied.
authors.affiliation: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. volyn@ibch.siobc.ras.ru
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Volynskiĭ
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Volkova
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Galkina
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Krasnoperov
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Pluzhnikov
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Khvoshchev
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Grishin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001740:Black Widow Spider; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013111:Spider Venoms / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D013111:Spider Venoms; C106203:latrocrustatoxin