VenomZone news

November, 2024
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2024_05.

September, 2024
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2024_04.
• Addition of the new page Web resources, databases, and tools commonly used in venom and toxin-related research.

May, 2024
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2024_02.

November, 2023
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2023_05.
• Addition of the natriuretic peptide receptor in Pharmacological target page.

September, 2023
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2023_04.
• Update of the venom protein family page. Addition of the RF-amide family.
• Update of the About us page.

July, 2023
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2023_03.
• Update of the nomenclature page. Addition of the 4th column "reference".

May, 2023
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2023_02.
• Addition of the G-protein coupled angiotensin II receptor in Pharmacological target page and the new prefix A as an activity descriptor. (Links to UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries will be available later).
• Addition of the venom waprin family in Venom protein family (Links to UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries will be available later).

March, 2023
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2023_01.

January, 2023
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2022_05.
• Major update to link to the new UniProt website.
• Addition of the family page conidae. Different classification tables have been relocated from the conus page to this new page.
• Addition of the genus page Conasprella.
• Addition of the species page Variononus mercator.

October, 2022
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2022_04.

September, 2022
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2022_03.

July, 2022
• Addition of the page on the snake Naja kaouthia.
• Addition of a link on VenoMS on the link page.

May, 2022
• Update of the page on the scorpion Tityus pachyurus.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2022_02.

March, 2022
• Addition of the 'H' descriptor on the activity descriptor page.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2022_01.
• Update of the following pages: Bitis rhinoceros, Bothrops insularis, Botrops jararacussu, Tityus obscurus, and Tityus serrulatus.
• Addition of the "peptidase M1" line on the Venom protein family page.
• Addition of the link to the new database on disintegrins on the link page and on the disintegrin page.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2021_04.

October, 2021
• Update of the links page.
Minor updates of the following pages:
• Scorpktx nomenclature and
• Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin

July, 2021
• Addition of a new pages on the snake Naja philippinensis.
• Update of the Pharmacological target of venom proteins page.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2021_03.

May, 2021
• Addition of the G-protein coupled receptor ACP in Pharmacological target page and the new prefix Z as an activity descriptor. • Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2021_02.

March, 2021
• Addition of 14 new pages on Vipera species and supspecies (ammodytes, aspis, berus, kaznakovi, orlovi, renardi, transcaucasiana, ursini).

February, 2021
• Addition of the new discovered mammalian toxin target "Melanocortin receptor" on the activity descriptor page and on the Pharmacological target page.
• Update of the links page.
• Addition of new page on Vipera anatolica.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2020_06.

November, 2020
• Update of the calcium activated potassium channels page.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2020_05.

October, 2020
• Update of the links page.

June, 2020
• Update of the conus page.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2020_03.

May, 2020
Minor updates of the following pages:
• dermonecrotic toxin,
• Phospholipase A2 homolog,
• Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin,
• Scorpktx nomenclature,
• Pharmacological target family (for accessing toxins that target TRPA1 receptor and not only TRPV receptors), and
• Nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase family.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2020_02.

May, 2019
• New line "EGF domain peptide" in venom protein family.
• New logo "other" added on the root page.
• New Chilopoda (centipete) page added, accessible from the new page other.
• Many new Ant toxins annotated in UniProt available from the insect page.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2019_02.

February, 2019
• Addition of new protein superfamilies and new cysteine frameworks on the conus page.
• Addition of the pruritogenic receptor MRGPRX1 line in the pharmacological target page.
• Addition of a reference for ant toxin nomenclature on the venom protein nomenclature page.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2019_01.

June, 2018
• Update of spider toxin families (according to Koua and Kuhn-Nentwig, 2017). See Araneae - Proteins by family page.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2018_06.

April, 2018
• Addition of information that scorpion venom also target TRPV1 channels. See the Pharmacological target of venom proteins page.
• Correction of links of the PTMs page.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2018_04.

December, 2017
• Addition of information that scorpion also produces phospholipase D dermonecrotic toxins in their venom. See venom protein activity, venom protein family, and dermonecrotic toxin pages.
• Addition of information that a snake 3-finger toxin has an activity on the muscle Nav1.4 sodium
channel. See Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin which provides link to the UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entry P0DL82.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2017_12.

September, 2017
• New page with all links to UniProtKB entries: Proton-gated sodium channel (Asic) impairing toxin
• New line "insulin" in the Venom protein family page
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2017_09.

March, 2017
• Update of the page Acetylcholine receptor inhibiting toxin, in order to show all subunits that compose receptors.
• Addition of links to new UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from release 2017_03.