title: Conorfamide, a Conus venom peptide belonging to the RFamide family of neuropeptides.
abstract: A novel Conus peptide, conorfamide-Sr1, has been characterized. The sequence of the natural peptide was determined using standard Edman sequencing methods and mass spectrometry, and confirmed by chemical synthesis. The peptide has 12 amino acids and no cysteine residues. The following sequence was obtained: GPMGWVPVFYRF-NH(2). No other peptide from a vermivorous Atlantic Conus species has previously been characterized. Conorfamide-Sr1 belongs to the RFamide neuropeptide family, and is the first RFamide peptide to be found in any venom. The presence of conorfamide-Sr1 as a major peptide in Conus spurius venom suggests that Conus lineages in the Atlantic may have evolved novel Conus venom peptide families.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Juriquilla, Queretaro, Mexico.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maillo
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lopéz-Vera
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bulaj
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Olivera
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Heimer de la Cotera
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008978:Mollusk Venoms / Q000737:chemistry*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000737:chemistry; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008978:Mollusk Venoms; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010455:Peptides; C449522:conorfamide