Head-to-tail Cyclization after Interaction with Trypsin: A Scorpion Venom Peptide that Resembles Plant Cyclotides

Caroline B. F. Mourão,Guilherme D. Brand,João Paulo Campos Fernandes,Maura V. Prates,Carlos Bloch,J.A.R.G. Barbosa,Sonia Maria de Freitas,Rita Restano Cassulini,Lourival D. Possani,Elisabeth F. Schwartz

Head-to-tail Cyclization after Interaction with Trypsin: A Scorpion Venom Peptide that Resembles Plant Cyclotides

2020

Caroline B. F. Mourão
Guilherme D. Brand
João Paulo Campos Fernandes
Maura V. Prates
Carlos Bloch
J.A.R.G. Barbosa
Sonia Maria de Freitas
Rita Restano Cassulini
Lourival D. Possani
Elisabeth F. Schwartz

Peptidase inhibitors (PIs) have been broadly studied due to their wide therapeutic potential for human diseases. A potent trypsin inhibitor from Tityus obscurus scorpion venom was characterized and...

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Chemistry
Cyclotides
Venom
Biochemistry
Scorpion
Peptide
Trypsin

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