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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Non-Peptidic Small Molecule Components from Cone Snail Venoms.

Zhenjian Lin, Joshua P Torres, Maren Watkins, Noemi Paguigan, Changshan Niu, Julita S Imperial, Jortan Tun, Helena Safavi-Hemami, Rocio K Finol-Urdaneta, Jorge L B Neves and 4 more

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. High-resolution crystal structure of the Mu8.1 conotoxin from Conus mucronatus.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Zhenjian LinDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Joshua P TorresDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Maren WatkinsDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Noemi PaguiganDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Changshan NiuDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Julita S ImperialDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Jortan TunDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Helena Safavi-HemamiDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Rocio K Finol-UrdanetaIllawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Jorge L B NevesInterdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, CIIMAR/ CIMAR, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Samuel EspinoDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Manju KarthikeyanDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Baldomero M OliveraDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Eric W SchmidtDepartments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
University of Utah · USIllawarra Health and Medical Research Institute · AUUniversidade do Porto · PT

Funding

Diverse drug lead compounds from bacterial symbionts in tropical marine mollusksU01TW008163 · FIC · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI HAYGOOD, MARGO GENEVIEVE · 2008 to 2013
$4.3M
Symbiosis and Chemical Diversity GenerationR35GM122521 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI SCHMIDT, ERIC W · 2017 to 2021
$2.9M
FIC NIH HHS U01 TW008163NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122521
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Venomous molluscs (Superfamily Conoidea) comprise a substantial fraction of tropical marine biodiversity (>15,000 species). Prior characterization of cone snail venoms established that bioactive venom components used to capture prey, defend against predators and for competitive interactions were relatively small, structured peptides (10-35 amino acids), most with multiple disulfide crosslinks. These venom components ("conotoxins, conopeptides") have been widely studied in many laboratories, leading to pharmaceutical agents and probes. In this review, we describe how it has recently become clear that to varying degrees, cone snail venoms also contain bioactive non-peptidic small molecule components. Since the initial discovery of genuanine as the first bioactive venom small molecule with an unprecedented structure, a broad set of cone snail venoms have been examined for non-peptidic bioactive components. In particular, a basal clade of cone snails (

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conopeptidesconusgastropodnatural productsnicotinic acetylcholine receptorprey capturesecondary metabolitesvenom

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PMID34054536
PMCPMC8155685
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