Identification and Evolution of Venom Phospholipase A2 Inhibitors from Protobot/irops elegans Serum.

The article presents a study on the identification and evolution of venom phospholipase A2 (PLA2) inhibitors (PLIs) from Protobothrops elegans serum. P. elegans snakes were used as the study samples. The study utilizes several methods including mass spectrometry (MS), far-western blotting analysis and purification of the PLIs from the P. elegans serum. It also revealed the isolation of PeyPLI-A and PeyPLI-B cDNAs from the P. elegans liver cDNA library and their nucleotide sequences.