Thus, there is a clear trend within King Cobra venom for the presence of positively charged alpha-neurotoxins, which is congruent with the data in this study, suggesting the importance of negatively charged amino acids in the snake prey’s orthosteric site.
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The Target Selects the Toxin: Specific Amino Acids in Snake-Prey Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors That Are Selectively Bound by King Cobra Venoms.
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