Chemicals and Drugs

Three Finger Toxins

A super-family of non-enzymatic proteins found in ELAPIDAE VENOMS. They possess a unique tertiary structure resembling a hand with three fingers and have diverse biological activities due to sequence and structural variations; some are ALPHA-NEUROTOXINS that bind NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS.

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Abstract

A super-family of non-enzymatic proteins found in ELAPIDAE VENOMS. They possess a unique tertiary structure resembling a hand with three fingers and have diverse biological activities due to sequence and structural variations; some are ALPHA-NEUROTOXINS that bind NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS.

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10 entry terms
  • 3FTXs
  • Three Finger Toxin
  • Three-Finger Toxins
  • Finger Toxin, Three
  • Toxin, Three Finger
  • Toxins, Three Finger
  • Toxins, Three-Finger
  • NK-3FTX
  • Tschuditoxin-l
  • Tschuditoxin l

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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History Note

2022

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Previous Indexing

  • Elapid Venoms (1997-2021)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Three Finger Toxins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000087443. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000087443
  2. Three Finger Toxins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-finger_toxin
  3. Three Finger Toxins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29956719