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Table 3 Composition of the transcripts labelled as toxin, shown per scorpion species

From: Transcriptome annotation and characterization of novel toxins in six scorpion species

 

A. mauritanicus

B. gigas

G. grandidieri

H. gentili

P. kraepelini

N. hierichonticus

α-NaTx

25

9

8

25

2

1

β-NaTx

17

4

14

27

4

4

α-KTX

20

11

8

24

2

2

β-KTX

5

2

2

8

3

3

γ-KTX

10

7

5

19

2

2

κ-KTX

0

0

0

1

1

1

Clorotoxin

2

2

4

7

2

2

CaTx

2

3

0

7

2

0

Kunitz-type

9

11

3

15

6

1

M-theraphotoxin

3

6

4

4

1

3

Bradykinin potentiating peptide (BPP)

3

1

1

6

10

8

BmKa2-like

30

6

14

33

3

1

Phospholipase A2 (PLA2)

10

7

3

6

18

5

Other toxins

111

65

113

135

74

46

Total toxins

247

134

179

317

130

79