Comparison of Methods for Measuring Protein Concentration in Venom Samples.

ABSTRACT: Snake venom is an extremely interesting natural mixture of proteins and peptides, characterized by both high diversity and high pharmacological potential. Much attention has been paid to the study of venom composition of different species and also detailed analysis of the properties of individual components. Since proteins and peptides are the active ingredients in venom, rapidly developing proteomic techniques are used to analyze them. During such analyses, one of the routine operations is to measure the protein concentration in the sample. The aim of this study was to compare five methods used to measure protein content in venoms of two snake species: the Viperids representative, Agkistrodon contortrix, and the Elapids representative, Naja ashei. The study showed that for A. contortrix v

SUBMITTER: Bocian A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7142616 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature