Animal Toxins and Biological Ion Channels
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Venoms".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2015) | Viewed by 52122
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Toxins; ion channels; molecular dynamics; modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ion channels account for the action potential of excitable cells and their malfunction is implicated in many diseases. As such, they form an important drug target. For example, the calcium channel Cav2.2 and the sodium channel Nav1.7 are targets for analgesics, whereas the potassium channel Kv1.3 is a target for immunosuppressants. Many short peptides isolated from venomous animals, such as scorpions, cone snails, and spiders, are potent and specific modulators of certain channels. Those peptides are promising drug scaffolds and understanding their mechanisms-of-action is of critical importance to the development of novel venom-based drugs. This Special Issue aims to bring together studies that advance our understanding of the detailed interactions between venom peptides and ion channels. Both computational and experimental studies are welcome.
Dr. Rong Chen
Dr. Yingliang Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Toxins
- Venom peptides
- Pore blockers
- Gating modifiers
- Ion channels
- Protein-protein interactions
- Ligand binding
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