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| Torres,AFC; Dantas,RT; Menezes,RRPPB; Toyama,MH; Filho,ED; Oliveira,MF; Nogueira,NAP; Oliveira,MR; Monteiro,HSA; Martins,AMC. |
| Some snake venom proteins present enzymatic activities, such as L-amino acid oxidase (LAAO). The aim of this paper was to investigate the effect of Bothrops leucurus total venom (BleuTV) and its fraction LAAO (BleuLAAO) on bacteria, yeast, and promastigote forms of Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania chagasi, and epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. BleuTV was isolated with a Protein Pack 5PW® (Waters Corporation, USA), and several fractions were obtained. BleuLAAO was purified to high molecular homogeneity, and its N-terminal amino acid sequence shared a high degree of amino acid conservation with other LAAOs. BleuTV inhibited Staphylococcus aureus growth in a dose-dependent manner, with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 25 μg/mL, which... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: L-amino oxidase; Bothrops leucurus; Antimicrobial activity. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992010000400012 |
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