ena-STUDY-MONASH INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES-05-09-2019-04:08:53:227-160
Insulin-like proteins in Oulactis sp. tentacle transcriptome
Insulin-like sequences identified in the tentacle transcriptomes of three individuals of the Australian endemic species of sea anemone Oulactis sp. The four translated nucleotide sequences identified have similarity (protein family Insulin/Relaxin-PF00049) to the A and B chain of human and cone snails insulin. Insulin sequences are of interest for biomedical applications, having been isolated from Cone snail venom where it plays a biological role inducing prey into an insulin coma for ease of capture.
Insulin-like sequences identified in the tentacle transcriptomes of three individuals of the Australian endemic species of sea anemone Oulactis sp. The four translated nucleotide sequences identified have similarity (protein family Insulin/Relaxin-PF00049) to the A and B chain of human and cone snails insulin. Insulin sequences are of interest for biomedical applications, having been isolated from Cone snail venom where it plays a biological role inducing prey into an insulin coma for ease of capture.