Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (southern copperhead) (taxid:8713)

Venom composition image
Figure 1: Composition of contortrix contortrix venom, studied at proteomic level (Lomonte, et al., 2014).

This venom contains the following families: SVMP (venom metalloproteinase), serine protease (peptidase S1), peptides (include tripeptide SVMP inhibitors and bradykinin-potentiating and bradykinin-inhibitory peptides), LAAO (L-amino-acid oxidase (flavin monoamine oxidase) ), disintegrin, snaclec (also known as C-type lectin-like), NGF (-beta) , CRISP, oha (ohanin/vespryn), DC-fragments (disintegrin/cysteine-rich fragment from P-III SVMPs) and PA2 (phospholipase A2).

Clinical Effects, Treatment, Antivenoms See the Clinical Toxinology Resources Website.
Lethal dose LD(50) of A.contortrix is
9.17 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection and
10.17 mg/kg by intravenous injection (Arce et al., 2003).

Venom protein entries in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

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7 entries grouped by species

7 entries

Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (Southern copperhead)

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DIDA_AGKCO Disintegrin acostatin-alpha [Cleaved into: Disintegrin ... Disintegrin family, Dimeric ...
NGFV_AGKCO Venom nerve growth factor (v-NGF) (vNGF) NGF-beta family
VM1F_AGKCO Snake venom metalloproteinase fibrolase (SVMP) (EC 3.4.24.72) ... Venom metalloproteinase (M12B) ...
VM2AB_AGKCO Zinc metalloproteinase/disintegrin [Cleaved into: Snake venom ... Venom metalloproteinase (M12B) ...
VM2CO_AGKCO Zinc metalloproteinase/disintegrin [Cleaved into: Snake venom ... Venom metalloproteinase (M12B) ...
VSP2_AGKCO Thrombin-like enzyme contortrixobin (SVTLE) (EC 3.4.21.-) ... Peptidase S1 family, Snake venom ...
VSPCA_AGKCO Protein C activator (EC 3.4.21.-) (ACC-C) (Snake venom serine ... Peptidase S1 family, Snake venom ...