Chemical modification of cationic residues in toxin a from king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) venom |
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Authors: | Shinne-Ren Lin Shu-Hwa Chi Long-Sen Chang Kou-Wha Kuo Chun-Chang Chang |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 807, ROC 2. Department of Biochemistry, Kaohsiung Medical College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 807, ROC
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Abstract: | The cationic groups of arginine and lysine residues inα-neurotoxin, Toxin a, isolated from king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) venom were subjected to modification with trinitrobenzene sulfonate (TNBS) andp-hydroxyphenylglyoxal (HPG), respectively. The trinitrophenylated (TNP) derivatives of Toxin a at Lys-10, 56, or 71 showed approximately 25% residual lethality, and modifications on Lys-10 and 56 or Lys-10 and 50 resulted in a decrease of lethality by 84% and 86%, respectively. Modifications on Arg-34, 37, and 70 and Arg-34, 37, and 72 in Toxin a caused a decrease in lethality by 92% and 93%, respectively, and it almost completely lost its lethality and binding activity to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) when all four arginine residues were modified. These results indicate that in addition to the cationic residues on loop II (Arg-34, 37), loop III (Lys-50, 56), and the C-terminal tail (Arg-70, 72; Lys-71), Lys-10 on loop I is also related to the neurotoxicity of Toxin a. |
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