Chemical Punch Packed in Venoms Makes Centipedes Excellent Predators

• Published in: Molecular & cellular proteomics Vol. 11; no. 9; pp. 640 - 650
• Main Authors: Yang, Shilong, Liu, Zhonghua, Xiao, Yao, Li, Yuan, Rong, Mingqiang, Liang, Songping, Zhang, Zhiye, Yu, Haining, King, Glenn F., Lai, Ren
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2012; The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Araneae; Arthropod Venoms - analysis; Arthropod Venoms - chemistry; Arthropoda; Arthropods - metabolism; Gene Expression Profiling; Molecular Sequence Data; Neurotoxins - analysis; Neurotoxins - chemistry; Scolopendra; Transcriptome

Centipedes are excellent predatory arthropods that inject venom to kill or immobilize their prey. Although centipedes have long been known to be venomous, their venoms remain largely unexplored. The chemical components responsible for centipede predation and the functional mechanisms are unknown. Tw...