mr1e, a conotoxin from Conus marmoreus with a novel disulfide pattern

  1. Yanfang Wang1,
  2. Xiaoxia Shao1,
  3. Min Li1,
  4. Sumin Wang2,
  5. Chengwu Chi1,3,
  6. Chunguang Wang1,*

Article first published online: 15 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2008.00414.x

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Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volume 40, Issue 5, pages 391–396, May 2008

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Wang, Y., Shao, X., Li, M., Wang, S., Chi, C. and Wang, C. (2008), mr1e, a conotoxin from Conus marmoreus with a novel disulfide pattern. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica, 40: 391–396. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2008.00414.x

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  1. 1

    Institute of Protein Research, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

  2. 2

    School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China

  3. 3

    Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

* *Corresponding author: Tel, 86-21-65984347; Fax, 86-21-65988403; E-mail, chunguangwang@mail.tongji.edu.cn

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 MAY 2008
  2. Article first published online: 15 MAY 2008
  3. Received: January 18, 2008 Accepted: March 10, 2008

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Keywords:

  • conotoxin;
  • Conus marmoreus;
  • disulfide connectivity;
  • mr1e

Conotoxins are well known for their highly variable structures and functions. Here we report the identification of a novel conotoxin named mr1e from Conus marmoreus. mr1e is composed of 11 amino acid residues cross-linked by two disulfide bonds (CCHSSWCKHLC). The spacing of intercysteine loops in mr1e is exactly the same as that in α4/3 conotoxins. However, the native mr1e peptide co-eluted on reverse-phase HPLC with the regioselectively synthesized ribbon disulfide linkage isomer (C1-C4, C2-C3) but not the globular linkage isomer (C1-C3, C2-C4). Although this peptide has the same disulfide connectivity as the χ-conotoxins, their sequences do not share significant homology. Thus, mr1e could be defined as a novel conotoxin family. By intracranial injection into mice, mr1e showed an excitatory effect. The characterization of mr1e certainly enriches our understanding of conotoxins, and also opens an avenue for further structural and functional investigation.

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