Molecular physiology of pumiliotoxin sequestration in a poison frog.

Poison frogs bioaccumulate alkaloids for chemical defense from their arthropod diet. Although many alkaloids are accumulated without modification, some poison frog species can metabolize pumiliotoxin (PTX 251D) into the more potent allopumiliotoxin (aPTX 267A). Despite extensive research characteriz...

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Main Authors: Aurora Alvarez-Buylla, Cheyenne Y Payne, Charles Vidoudez, Sunia A Trauger, Lauren A O'Connell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264540