Structural and Functional Analyses of Cone Snail Toxins.
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SUBMITTER: Morales Duque H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6628382 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
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Structural and Functional Analyses of Cone Snail Toxins.
Morales Duque Harry H Campos Dias Simoni S Franco Octávio Luiz OL
Marine drugs 20190621 6
Cone snails are marine gastropod mollusks with one of the most powerful venoms in nature. The toxins, named conotoxins, must act quickly on the cone snails´ prey due to the fact that snails are extremely slow, reducing their hunting capability. Therefore, the characteristics of conotoxins have become the object of investigation, and as a result medicines have been developed or are in the trialing process. Conotoxins interact with transmembrane proteins, showing specificity and potency. They targ ...[more]
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