Ancestral protein resurrection and engineering opportunities of the mamba aminergic toxins

Abstract Mamba venoms contain a multiplicity of three-finger fold aminergic toxins known to interact with various α-adrenergic, muscarinic and dopaminergic receptors with different pharmacological profiles. In order to generate novel functions on this structural scaffold and to avoid the daunting ta...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Blanchet, Doria Alili, Adèle Protte, Gregory Upert, Nicolas Gilles, Livia Tepshi, Enrico A. Stura, Gilles Mourier, Denis Servent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02953-0