Y. Samejima et al., Amino acid sequence studies on cytolytic toxins from sea anemone Heteractis magnifica, Entacmaea quadricolor and Stichodactyla mertensii (Anthozoa), TOXICON, 38(2), 2000, pp. 259-264
The complete amino acid sequence of a cytolytic toxin, HmT, isolated from s
ea anemone Heteractis magnifica was determined, It is composed of 177 amino
acid residues and lacks half-cystines. Partial N-terminal sequences of thr
ee other cytolysins from Entacmaea quadricolor (EnT) and Stichodactyla mert
ensii (SmT-1 and SmT-2) were also determined, Comparing these sequences wit
h those of other sea anemone cytolysins, a high degree of homology was obse
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