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ArticleScientific reports2023

Identification, classification, and characterization of alpha and beta subunits of LVP1 protein from the venom gland of four Iranian scorpion species.

Fatemeh Salabi, Babak Vazirianzadeh, Masoumeh Baradaran

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fatemeh SalabiRazi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Ahvaz, Iran.
Babak VazirianzadehSocial Determinant of Health Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Masoumeh BaradaranToxicology Research Center, Medical Basic Sciences Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. mb.baradaran@gmail.com.
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences · IRRazi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute · IR

Funding

Ahvaz Jundishapur University of medical sciences TRC9819Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) 960354-020-18-83-2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scorpion venoms contain bioactive peptides and proteins. Some, can be used for pharmaceutical purposes. So, identification of venom proteins matters because, in addition to determining the function of the toxins can also be an excellent guide to developing new drugs. Here, we got transcriptome of venom glands from four Iranian scorpion species, including Hemsicorpius lepturus, Mesobuthus eupeus, Andructunus crassicuada, and Hottentotta saulcyi using cDNA library synthesis and high-throughput transcriptomic analysis of the venom glands. In a comparative way, we identified the cDNA encoding isoforms of subunits (alpha and beta) of BotLVP1/BmLVP1-like protein in the venom gland of three species except for H. lepturus. Characterization and structure determination of the LVP1_like proteins combined with gene map analysis provided evidence of the existence of some isoforms of LVP1_like proteins, encoded by genes with two exons and one intron, which can be classified in CSαβ superfamily in the venom gland of three Iranian scorpion species. According to the high similarity with BotLVP1 and BmLVP1, these proteins could also be potent to mediate cholesterol homeostasis. However, further research is needed to prove it, and this study just may lay the foundation lead to light up this way.

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ScorpionsScorpion VenomsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAnimals, PoisonousIranProtein IsoformsProtein IsoformsScorpion Venoms

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