LOCUS       AF055672                 958 bp    DNA     linear   INV 05-NOV-2001
DEFINITION  Mesobuthus martensii insect neurotoxin precursor (IT-AP) gene,
            complete cds.
ACCESSION   AF055672
VERSION     AF055672.1
KEYWORDS    .
SOURCE      Olivierus martensii (Buthus martensii)
  ORGANISM  Olivierus martensii
            Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Chelicerata; Arachnida;
            Scorpiones; Buthida; Buthoidea; Buthidae; Olivierus.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 958)
  AUTHORS   Xiong,Y.M., Lan,Z.D., Wang,M., Liu,B., Liu,X.Q., Fei,H., Xu,L.G.,
            Xia,Q.C., Wang,C.G., Wang,D.C. and Chi,C.W.
  TITLE     Molecular characterization of a new excitatory insect neurotoxin
            with an analgesic effect on mice from the scorpion Buthus martensi
            Karsch
  JOURNAL   Toxicon 37 (8), 1165-1180 (1999)
   PUBMED   10400300
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 958)
  AUTHORS   Chi,C.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (24-MAR-1998) State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
            Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
            Yueyang Road 320, Shanghai 200031, China
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..958
                     /organism="Olivierus martensii"
                     /mol_type="genomic DNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:34649"
                     /note="synonym: Buthus martensi Karsch"
     gene            1..942
                     /gene="IT-AP"
     mRNA            join(1..70,661..942)
                     /gene="IT-AP"
                     /product="insect neurotoxin precursor"
     5'UTR           1..27
                     /gene="IT-AP"
     CDS             join(28..70,661..890)
                     /gene="IT-AP"
                     /note="neurotoxin has an analgesic effect"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="insect neurotoxin precursor"
                     /protein_id="AAC61256.1"
                     /translation="MKFFLIFLVIFPIMGVLGKKNGYAVDSSGKVAECLFNNYCNNEC
                     TKVYYADKGYCCLLKCYCFGLADDKPVLDIWDSTKNYCDVQIIDLS"
     sig_peptide     join(28..70,661..671)
                     /gene="IT-AP"
     mat_peptide     672..887
                     /gene="IT-AP"
                     /product="insect neurotoxin"
     3'UTR           891..942
                     /gene="IT-AP"
     polyA_site      942
                     /gene="IT-AP"
BASE COUNT          363 a           99 c          133 g          363 t
ORIGIN      
        1 aagtaaactc aataaaaaga aacaaaaatg aaatttttct taatatttct ggtcatcttt
       61 ccaataatgg gtaagtattt gttcttatat tattattatt tgttatagtt tatgtatttt
      121 attttctgga cacattttaa gcttaatgat ttaaccagta gcattattat actaacaata
      181 attgagcgga taagacgcat tagaataata tttgtaggat tccttgccat tctttcgtat
      241 attgttgaag aaaaatagag atacacaaat aattcaagga gcgtttgaca aataattata
      301 taagtacaga tatattttgg aacttttgaa aaatatcaat attaattttt tttttaaatt
      361 cgtatacatt atatgttcta agagagatta cacagttatt ttaatataaa aaataatgaa
      421 ttaattgaaa ctttacatca atgaattata tgtataaaaa taccgttatt ttttgatgaa
      481 agttgtttaa aattttccag aaaatatcta acaaaaaatt tgatttgttc gtttcttttt
      541 gcttaattgt tatagacatg taatgtgtaa agcattcttt gttaaatatg caattattaa
      601 catgcattgt taatataata ttctgattaa attaatttta tctcatattt tcctataaag
      661 gagtgcttgg caagaagaat gggtatgctg tcgatagtag tggtaaagtt gctgaatgtt
      721 tattcaacaa ttactgcaat aacgaatgca caaaagtata ttatgctgac aaaggatatt
      781 gctgcttact taaatgttat tgcttcggtc tagctgacga taaaccagtt ttggatatat
      841 gggactcaac caaaaactat tgtgacgtcc aaataattga tttaagttaa ttgtaataat
      901 tatgacgtat tgaattgatt taaaattaaa agcacaatta taaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa
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