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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VENOM PROTEIN PROFILE BY SDS-PAGE OF THREE COMMON SPECIES OF SCORPIONS (SCORPIONES: BUTHIDAE) IN BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN
N. Akbar, 2, A. Sajjad, S. Rizwan, H. M. Tahir, Z. Mehmood, K. Mehmood, S. Munir, S. A. Ali, Rakhshanda, A. Mushtaq

N. Akbar, A. Sajjad, S. Rizwan, H. M. Tahir, Z. Mehmood, K. Mehmood, S. Munir, S. A. Ali, Rakhshanda and A. Mushtaq

1 Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life sciences, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University Quetta, Quetta, Pakistan

3 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan

Corresponding Author: nukhba.akbar@sbkwu.edu.pk
Page Number(s): 247-255
Published Online First: June 14, 2021
Publication Date: January 07, 2022
ABSTRACT

This is the first reported study conducted for partial characterization of venom from three scorpion species (Odontobuthus odonturusAndroctonus finitimus and Androctonus bicolor), collected from different regions of Balochistan, Pakistan. The venom was extracted and analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and results revealed the presence of different peptides ranged from 6 kDa to 121 kDa. Peptide bands of 68 kDa, 13 kDa and 6 kDa were found common in all the three venom samples, while peptide bands of 121 kDa, 44 kDa and 23 kDa were shared between Androctonus finitimus and Androctonus bicolor, similarly 29 kDa of band was common in Androctonus finitimus and Odontobuthus odonturus. Furthermore, each scorpion species had a minimum of one unique peptide band. The similar electrophoretic characteristics of some peptide components suggested inter-genus and inter-species relationships among different species. Conversely each sample of examined species also represents a distinctive profile that differentiates one species from another thus providing a simple tool for taxonomical studies.

Keywords: scorpions; venom; venom extraction; protein; SDS-PAGE
Open Access: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).


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