Bothrops alternatus (urutu)

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Figure 1: Composition of B.alternatus venom, studied at the proteomic level. The venom contains the following families: SVMP (venom metalloproteinase) , serine protease, PLA2 (phospholipase A2) , LAAO (L-amino-acid oxidase) , disintegrin and Snaclec (C-type lectin-like) (Ohler et al., 2010).
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Taxonomy

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Infraorder: Serpentes


Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bothrops
Species: alternatus
Activity Antimicrobial
Cell adhesion impairing toxin
Hemostasis impairing toxin
  Blood coagulation cascade activating toxin
  Hemorrhagic toxin
  Platelet agg. inhibiting toxin
Hypotensive agent
Myotoxin
Neurotoxin
  Presynaptic neurotoxin
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Reference Ohler et al., 2010

Venom protein entries in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

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11 entries grouped by family (browse by taxonomy, browse by keywords)

2 entries

Bradykinin-potentiating peptide family

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BPP11_BOTAL Bradykinin-potentiating peptide 11 (BPP-11) Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) (Rhinocerophis ...
BPPDA_BOTAL Bradykinin-potentiating peptide 13a (BPP-13a) Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) (Rhinocerophis ...

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Flavin monoamine oxidase family, FIG1 subfamily

"Flavin monoamine oxidase family" VenomZone page
OXLA_BOTAL L-amino-acid oxidase (Balt-LAAO-I) (LAO) (EC ... Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) (Rhinocerophis ...

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Peptidase S1 family, Snake venom subfamily

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VSPBH_BOTAL Thrombin-like enzyme bhalternin (SVTLE) (EC ... Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) (Rhinocerophis ...
VSPTL_BOTAL Snake venom serine protease BthaTL (SVSP) (EC ... Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) (Rhinocerophis ...

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Phospholipase A2 family, Group II subfamily, D49 sub-subfamily

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PA2A4_BOTAL Acidic phospholipase A2 SpII RP4 (Ba SpII RP4) ... Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) (Rhinocerophis ...

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Phospholipase A2 family, Group II subfamily, K49 sub-subfamily

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PA2HB_BOTAL Basic phospholipase A2 homolog BaTX (svPLA2 ... Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) (Rhinocerophis ...

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Snaclec family

"Snaclec family" VenomZone page
SLAB_BOTAL Snaclec bothroalternin subunit alpha/beta ... Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) (Rhinocerophis ...

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Venom metalloproteinase (M12B) family, P-II subfamily, P-IIa sub-subfamily

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VM2_BOTAL Disintegrin DisBa-01 Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) (Rhinocerophis ...

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Venom metalloproteinase (M12B) family, P-III subfamily, P-IIIb sub-subfamily

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VM3A_BOTAL Zinc metalloproteinase-disintegrin-like ... Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) (Rhinocerophis ...

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Venom metalloproteinase (M12B) family, P-III subfamily, P-IIIc sub-subfamily

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VM3BG_BOTAL Zinc metalloproteinase-disintegrin-like BaG (EC ... Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) (Rhinocerophis ...