Platypus venom

DLP-2, defensin-like peptide-2 from platypus venom 42 24 211... [Pg.160]

Defensin-like peptides (DIP), peptides from platypus venom belonging to the -> /3-defensin-fold family. These peptides have tertiary structures that resemble those of the mammalian antimicrobial /S -defensins - defensins). DLP-2 is a 42-peptide that contains a D-amino acid residue, o-Met at position 2, while DLP-4 with an identical... [Pg.101]

Ornithorhynchus venom C-type natriuretic peptide B (OvCNPa), a biologically adive peptide found in platypus venom. OvCNPa and its D-amino-acid-containing isomer (D-Leu ), OvCNPb, cause rat uterine smooth musde relaxation, edema and mast cdl histamine release [G. M. de Plater et al., Toxicol. Endocrinol. 1998, 120, 99 Toodcon 1998, 36, 847 A. M. Torres et al., Toodcon 2002, 40, 711 FEES Lett. 2002, 524, 172]. [Pg.253]

Certain shrews and monotremes are the only venomous mammals. In echidnas, the poison gland is present, but non-functional. Only the male platypus is capable of producing the venom and conveying it to a horny spur on the back of the ankle. Delivered by a forceful jab of the hindlimbs, the venom is powerful enough to cause... [Pg.415]

Ornithorhynchus anatinus the duckbill platypus. Males have a venom gland connected to... [Pg.698]

C-type natriuretic peptide from platypus Ornithorhyr)chus anatinus venom [451]... [Pg.210]

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