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Bothrops pictus
(Desert lancehead)
(taxid:133440)
Venom composition
Figure 1: Composition of B.pictus venom, studied at the proteomic level (
Kohlhoffa, et al., 2012
). The venom contains the following families:
disintegrin
, PA2 (
phospholipase A2
),
serine protease
,
C-type lectin (true venom lectin
), SVMP (snake
venom metalloproteinase
).
Clinical Effects, Treatment, Antivenoms
See the
Clinical Toxinology Resources Website
.
Lethal dose
LD(50) is 6.625 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection into mice (111.2?163.2 ug/mouse) (
Kohlhoff et al., 2012
).
Taxonomy
UniProt taxonomy
The Reptile database
Wikipedia
Infraorder
:
Serpentes
Family
:
Viperidae
Genus:
Bothrops
Species
:
pictus
Activity
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Reference
Hohlhoff et al., 2012
Venom protein entries in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
(all links/actions below point to
uniprot.org
website)
3 entries
grouped
by species
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3 entries
Bothrops pictus (Desert lancehead)
OXLA_BOTPC
L-amino acid oxidase (Bpic-LAAO) (LAO) (EC 1.4.3.2)
Flavin monoamine oxidase family,
...
PA2A_BOTPC
Acidic phospholipase A2 (svPLA2) (EC 3.1.1.4)
...
Phospholipase A2 family, Group
...
VSP_BOTPC
Snake venom serine protease pictobin (SVSP) (EC 3.4.21.-)
Peptidase S1 family, Snake venom
...