Tityustoxine

Tityustoxine sind eine Gruppe von Toxinen aus Skorpionen der Gattung Tityniae.

Eigenschaften

Die Vertreter der Gattung Tityinae sind für die meisten Vergiftungen durch Skorpione verantwortlich.[1] Sie werden in brasilianischen Arten (Tityus serrulatus, T. bahiensis und T. stigmurus) und in venezolanischen Arten (T. discrepans) gebildet.[2] Das Gift von Tityus serrulatus ist am giftigsten.[1]

Einzelnachweise

M.M. Corrêa, S.V. Sampaio, R.A. Lopes, L.C. Mancuso, O.A.B. Cunha, J.J. Franco, J.R. Giglio: Biochemical and histopathological alterations induced in rats by Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom and its major neurotoxin tityustoxin-I. In: Toxicon. 35, Nr. 7, Dezember, S. 1053–1067. doi:10.1016/s0041-0101(96)00219-x.
José C Novello, Eliane C Arantes, Wamberto A Varanda, Benedito Oliveira, José R Giglio, Sérgio Marangoni: TsTX-IV, a short chain four-disulfide-bridged neurotoxin from Tityus serrulatus venom which acts on Ca2+-activated K+ channels. In: Toxicon. 37, Nr. 4, Dezember, S. 651–660. doi:10.1016/s0041-0101(98)00206-2.

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[:0-1] M.M. Corrêa, S.V. Sampaio, R.A. Lopes, L.C. Mancuso, O.A.B. Cunha, J.J. Franco, J.R. Giglio: Biochemical and histopathological alterations induced in rats by Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom and its major neurotoxin tityustoxin-I. In: Toxicon. 35, Nr. 7, Dezember, S. 1053–1067. doi:10.1016/s0041-0101(96)00219-x.

[:1-2] José C Novello, Eliane C Arantes, Wamberto A Varanda, Benedito Oliveira, José R Giglio, Sérgio Marangoni: TsTX-IV, a short chain four-disulfide-bridged neurotoxin from Tityus serrulatus venom which acts on Ca2+-activated K+ channels. In: Toxicon. 37, Nr. 4, Dezember, S. 651–660. doi:10.1016/s0041-0101(98)00206-2.