A novel phospholipase A2, BJ-PLA2, from the venom of the snake Bothrops jararaca: purification, primary structure analysis, and its characterization as a platelet-aggregation-inhibiting factor
Serrano, S.M.; Reichl, A.P.; Mentele, R.; Auerswald, E.A.; Santoro, M.L.; Sampaio, C.A.; Camargo, A.C.; Assakura, M.T.
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 367(1): 26-32
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9861 PMID: 10375395 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1230
Accession: 010083370
This paper describes the isolation and primary structure analysis of a new phospholipase A2 with platelet-aggregation-inhibiting activity from the venom of Bothrops jararaca. The protein, named BJ-PLA2, was isolated by means of ammonium sulfate precipitation and anion-exchange and reversed-phase chromatographies and behaved as a homogeneous single-chain protein on SDS-PAGE. Its amino acid sequence was determined by N-terminal sequencing and analysis of overlapped chemical and proteolytic fragments by automated Edman degradation and mass spectometry determination. BJ-PLA2 consists of 124 amino acid residues and has the structural features of snake venom class II phospholipases A2. Chemical modification with p-bromophenacylbromide caused complete loss of enzymatic activity and partially affected the platelet-aggregation-inhibiting activity of BJ-PLA2.