Definition of bungarotoxin in English:
bungarotoxin
noun ˌbʌŋɡərə(ʊ)ˈtɒksɪnˌbəNGɡərəˈtäksən
mass nounBiochemistry A compound found in the venom of the krait (snake) which is a powerful neurotoxin.
Example sentencesExamples
- Electron density profile structures were calculated in the absence and presence of [alpha] bungarotoxin, revealing a location for the toxin binding sites.
- Nicotine and the snake venom, [alpha] bungarotoxin, also bind these receptors with agonistic and antagonistic effects, respectively.
- The purified nAChR membrane vesicles were evaluated by quantitative SDS-PAGE and 125 - [alpha] bungarotoxin binding (data not shown).
- Fictive correlates of these early behaviours can be recorded in embryos of Xenopus and Rana that have been immobilised in [alpha] bungarotoxin.
- Venoms of the Elapidae snakes contain several postsynaptic polypeptide neurotoxins, such as bungarotoxin isolated from the venom of the banded krait.
Origin
1960s: from the modern Latin genus name Bungarus (perhaps from Sanskrit bhaṅgura 'bent') + toxin.