Heat-Resistant Toxins of Animal, Plant and Microbial Origins
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2018) | Viewed by 19272
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Many animals, plants, and microbes produce toxins that exert their toxic and sometimes lethal effects toward other living organisms. Toxins are believed to contribute to the survival and proliferation of a particular organism. Often, the same organism can produce more than one toxin and a number of these toxins are thermally resistant. This characteristic is related to the size and biochemical nature of the molecules synthesize, corresponding to peptides stabilized by disulfide bridges and more complex backbone-cyclized peptides. These peptides, typically comprising 60 amino acids or fewer, keep their 3D structure and remain active at temperatures as high as 100 °C. Understanding the actions of these toxins opens new ways to decipher cellular processes that were not achievable with previously available tools. This Special Issue of Toxins aimed at comparing animal (including insect), plant and microbe heat-resistant toxins, from the structure to the mechanism of action, including the adverse effects observed on the intoxicated organisms.
Prof. Dr. J. Daniel Dubreuil
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heat-resistant toxins
- animals
- plants
- microbes
- honey bees
- scorpions
- spiders
- sea anemones
- mycotoxins
- conotoxins
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