Bitis arietans (puff adder) (taxid:8692)

Venom composition image
Composition of B.arietans venom, studied at the proteomic level (Juarez et al., 2006). This venom contains the following families: disintegrin, kunitz-type inhibitor (venom Kunitz-type), PLA2 (phospholipase A2) , cystatin, serine proteinase (peptidase S1), C-type lectin-like (snaclec), venom metalloproteinase.
Clinical Effects, Treatment, Antivenoms See the Clinical Toxinology Resources Website.
Lethal dose LD(50) is 285 μg/kg by intravenous injection, and
LD(50) is 870 μg/kg by intraperitoneal injection (Oukkache et al., 2014).
Taxonomy

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Infraorder: Serpentes


Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bitis
Species: arietans
Activity Cell adhesion impairing toxin
Hemostasis impairing toxin
Fibrinogenolytic toxin
Hemorrhagic toxin
Platelet agg. activating toxin
Platelet agg. inhibiting toxin
Neurotoxin
  Postsynaptic neurotoxin
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Reference Juarez et al., 2006

Venom protein entries in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

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19 entries grouped by family

1 entry

Cystatin family

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CYT_BITAR Cystatin Bitis arietans (African puff adder)

2 entries

Glycosyl hydrolase 56 family

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HYAL1_BITAR Hyaluronidase-1 (Hy-1) (EC 3.2.1.35) ... Bitis arietans (African puff adder)
HYAL2_BITAR Hyaluronidase-2 (Hy-2) (EC 3.2.1.35) ... Bitis arietans (African puff adder)

1 entry

PDGF/VEGF growth factor family, Snake venom VEGF subfamily

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TXVE_BITAR Snake venom vascular endothelial growth factor ... Bitis arietans (African puff adder)

1 entry

Peptidase S1 family, Snake venom subfamily

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VSP_BITAR Snake venom serine proteinase (SVSP) ... Bitis arietans (African puff adder)

1 entry

Phospholipase A2 family, Group II subfamily

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PA2B_BITAR Phospholipase A2 bitanarin (svPLA2) (EC 3.1.1.4) ... Bitis arietans (African puff adder)

7 entries

Snaclec family

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SL1_BITAR Snaclec 1 (C-type lectin 1) Bitis arietans (African puff adder)
SL2_BITAR Snaclec bitiscetin-2 Bitis arietans (African puff adder)
SL5_BITAR Snaclec 5 (C-type lectin 5) (CTL-5) Bitis arietans (African puff adder)
SL6_BITAR Snaclec 6 (C-type lectin 6) (CTL-6) Bitis arietans (African puff adder)
SL8_BITAR Snaclec 8 (C-type lectin 8) (CTL-8) Bitis arietans (African puff adder)
SLA_BITAR Snaclec bitiscetin subunit alpha Bitis arietans (African puff adder)

pdb 1JWI; 1UEX

SLB_BITAR Snaclec bitiscetin subunit beta Bitis arietans (African puff adder)

pdb 1JWI; 1UEX

2 entries

True venom lectin family

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LECG_BITAR C-type lectin PAL (CTL) (BaL) ... Bitis arietans (African puff adder)
LECM2_BITAR C-type lectin 2 (CTL-2) Bitis arietans (African puff adder)

1 entry

Venom metalloproteinase (M12B) family, P-II subfamily

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VM25A_BITAR Zinc metalloproteinase-disintegrin BA-5A (EC ... Bitis arietans (African puff adder)

3 entries

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

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VM2D2_BITAR Disintegrin isoform D-2 Bitis arietans (African puff adder)
VM2D3_BITAR Disintegrin isoform D-3 Bitis arietans (African puff adder)
VM2_BITAR Disintegrin bitistatin (Arietin) (Bitan-alpha) ... Bitis arietans (African puff adder)

pdb 2MOP; 2MP5