Synthesis and oxidative refolding of hainantoxin-IV

Sheng Wu Hua Xue Yu Sheng Wu Wu Li Xue Bao (Shanghai). 2002 Jul;34(4):516-9.

Abstract

Hainantoxin-IV, a neutoxic peptide from the spider Selenocosimia hainana, was synthesized by solid-phase method with fluorenylmethyoxycarbonyl amino acids (Fmoc-AA). Reverse-phase HPLC was used to monitor the oxidative folding of synthetic Hainantoxin-IV under different reaction conditions in order to find optimal conditions for renaturation of synthetic Hainantoxin-IV. The best renaturation yield was received in 5 mmol/L GSH and 0.5 mmol/L GSSG at pH 8.0 in 0.1 mol/L Tris-HCl and 0.1 mol/L NaCl buffer. The renaturated Hainantoxin-IV was monitored with MALDI-TOF MS reverse-phase HPLC and isolated mouse phrenic nerve-diaphragm preparation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Diaphragm / innervation
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neurotoxins / chemistry*
  • Neurotoxins / pharmacology
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Peptides / pharmacology
  • Phrenic Nerve / drug effects
  • Protein Folding
  • Protein Renaturation
  • Spider Venoms / chemistry*
  • Spider Venoms / pharmacology

Substances

  • Neurotoxins
  • Peptides
  • Spider Venoms