Amy N Grabner, Jorge Alfonso, Anderson M Kayano, Leandro S Moreira-Dill, Ana Paula de A Dos Santos, Cleópatra A S Caldeira, Juliana C Sobrinho, Ana Gómez, Fernando P Grabner, Fabio F Cardoso, Juliana Pavan Zuliani, Marcos R M Fontes, Daniel C Pimenta, Celeste Vega Gómez, Carolina B G Teles, Andreimar M Soares, Leonardo A Calderon
Snake venoms contain various proteins, especially phospholipases A2 (PLA2 s), which present potential applications in diverse areas of health and medicine. In this study, a new basic PLA2 from Bothrops marajoensis with parasiticidal activity was purified and characterized biochemically and biologically. B. marajoensis venom was fractionated through cation exchange followed by reverse phase chromatographies. The isolated toxin, BmajPLA2 -II, was structurally characterized with MALDI-TOF (Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight) mass spectrometry, sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), followed by two-dimensional electrophoresis, partial amino acid sequencing, an enzymatic activity assay, circular dichroism, and dynamic light scattering assays...
September 2017: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules