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Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Elapid Venoms > Bungarotoxins

Preferred term

Bungarotoxins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • alpha Bungarotoxin
  • alpha-Bungarotoxin
  • beta Bungarotoxin
  • beta-Bungarotoxin
  • kappa Bungarotoxin
  • kappa-Bungarotoxin

Note

  • from the krait, a snake; /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS; alpha-bungarotoxin & beta-bungarotoxin go here

Scope note

  • Neurotoxic proteins from the venom of the banded or Formosan krait (Bungarus multicinctus, an elapid snake). alpha-Bungarotoxin blocks nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and has been used to isolate and study them; beta- and gamma-bungarotoxins act presynaptically causing acetylcholine release and depletion. Both alpha and beta forms have been characterized, the alpha being similar to the large, long or Type II neurotoxins from other elapid venoms.

History note

  • 74(73)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002038

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