Reasearching on vendom glands composition and modeling three dimentional structure of toxin protein Conus spp.

The morphological characteristic, anatomical  venom duct, structure of radular teeth, a.a sequence of toxin and three-dimensional structure of Conus tessulatus’s (vermivorous feeding mode) toxin protein in Nha Trang Bay, Khanh Hoa Province were studied. The results showed that venom buld of C. tessulatus has a sickle milky white shape, venom duct has pale yellow, radular sac has reddish, radular teeth of C. tessulatus are soft structure and small size, have serration, one bard. Results of α-conotoxin protein sequencing were used to construct deduced a.a sequence of the toxin protein from C. tessulatus. From this a.a sequence, framework of CC-C-C specific to α-conotoxin be determined and three dimensional of C. tessulatus’ s toxin protein structure be modeled to understand the functions of α-conotoxin from C. tessulatus based on homological proteins known in the database. This study provides a protein database for applications in the production of drugs used in the treatment for neurological diseases

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