Proteomic characterization and comparison of Malaysian Tropidolaemus wagleri and Cryptelytrops purpureomaculatus venom using shotgun-proteomics

• Main Authors: Zainal Abidin, Syafiq Asnawi, Rajadurai, Pathmanathan, Chowdhury, Md Ezharul Hoque, Ahmad Rusmili, Muhamad Rusdi, Othman, Iekhsan, Naidu, Rakesh
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2016
• Subjects: QL Zoology; RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology; RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/52355/1/2016_Syafiq_Toxins_Proteomic%20of%20Viper%20Venom.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52355/7/52355_Proteomic%20characterization_WOS_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52355/12/52355_Proteomic%20characterization%20and%20comparison_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52355/; http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/8/10/299/htm
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Tropidolaemus wagleri and Cryptelytrops purpureomaculatus are venomous pit viper species commonly found in Malaysia. Tandem mass spectrometry analysis of the crude venoms has detected different proteins in T. wagleri and C.purpureomaculatus. They were classified into 13 venom protein families consi...