Hymenoptera venom review focusing on Apis mellifera
Hymenoptera venoms are complex mixtures containing simple organic molecules, proteins, peptides, and other bioactive elements. Several of these components have been isolated and characterized, and their primary structures determined by biochemical techniques. These compounds are responsible for many...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:fd8df94e424f44dab69666c075b5da44 2023-05-15T15:04:39+02:00 Hymenoptera venom review focusing on Apis mellifera P. R. de Lima M. R. Brochetto-Braga 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992003000200002 https://doaj.org/article/fd8df94e424f44dab69666c075b5da44 EN eng SciELO http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992003000200002 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9199 doi:10.1590/S1678-91992003000200002 1678-9199 https://doaj.org/article/fd8df94e424f44dab69666c075b5da44 Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 149-162 (2003) Hymenoptera venom enzymes peptides Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 article 2003 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992003000200002 2022-12-31T10:52:18Z Hymenoptera venoms are complex mixtures containing simple organic molecules, proteins, peptides, and other bioactive elements. Several of these components have been isolated and characterized, and their primary structures determined by biochemical techniques. These compounds are responsible for many toxic or allergic reactions in different organisms, such as local pain, inflammation, itching, irritation, and moderate or severe allergic reactions. The most extensively characterized Hymenoptera venoms are bee venoms, mainly from the Apis genus and also from social wasps and ant species. However, there is little information about other Hymenoptera groups. The Apis venom presents high molecular weight molecules - enzymes with a molecular weight higher than 10.0 kDa - and peptides. The best studied enzymes are phospholipase A2, responsible for cleaving the membrane phospholipids, hyaluronidase, which degrades the matrix component hyaluronic acid into non-viscous segments and acid phosphatase acting on organic phosphates. The main peptide compounds of bee venom are lytic peptide melittin, apamin (neurotoxic), and mastocyte degranulating peptide (MCD). Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 9 2 |
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Hymenoptera venoms are complex mixtures containing simple organic molecules, proteins, peptides, and other bioactive elements. Several of these components have been isolated and characterized, and their primary structures determined by biochemical techniques. These compounds are responsible for many toxic or allergic reactions in different organisms, such as local pain, inflammation, itching, irritation, and moderate or severe allergic reactions. The most extensively characterized Hymenoptera venoms are bee venoms, mainly from the Apis genus and also from social wasps and ant species. However, there is little information about other Hymenoptera groups. The Apis venom presents high molecular weight molecules - enzymes with a molecular weight higher than 10.0 kDa - and peptides. The best studied enzymes are phospholipase A2, responsible for cleaving the membrane phospholipids, hyaluronidase, which degrades the matrix component hyaluronic acid into non-viscous segments and acid phosphatase acting on organic phosphates. The main peptide compounds of bee venom are lytic peptide melittin, apamin (neurotoxic), and mastocyte degranulating peptide (MCD). |
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