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Solution structure of robustoxin, the lethal neurotoxin from the funnel‐web spider Atrax robustus

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Title
Solution structure of robustoxin, the lethal neurotoxin from the funnel‐web spider Atrax robustus
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Febs Letters, January 1998
DOI 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01452-x
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Paul K Pallaghy, Dianne Alewood, Paul F Alewood, Raymond S Norton

Abstract

The solution structure of robustoxin, the lethal neurotoxin from the Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus, has been determined from 2D 1H NMR data. Robustoxin is a polypeptide of 42 residues cross-linked by four disulphide bonds, the connectivities of which were determined from NMR data and trial structure calculations to be 1-15, 8-20, 14-31 and 16-42 (a 1-4/2-6/3-7/5-8 pattern). The structure consists of a small three-stranded, anti-parallel beta-sheet and a series of interlocking gamma-turns at the C-terminus. It also contains a cystine knot, thus placing it in the inhibitor cystine knot motif family of structures, which includes the omega-conotoxins and a number of plant and animal toxins and protease inhibitors. Robustoxin contains three distinct charged patches on its surface, and an extended loop that includes several aromatic and non-polar residues. Both of these structural features may play a role in its binding to the voltage-gated sodium channel.

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Country Count As %
Australia 1 3%
Unknown 28 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 10%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Other 2 7%
Other 5 17%
Unknown 6 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 31%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 24%
Chemistry 4 14%
Materials Science 2 7%
Unknown 7 24%
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