Scorpio maurus is a species of North African and Middle Eastern scorpion, also known as the large-clawed scorpion or Israeli gold scorpion and lesser known as Zerachia scorpion.
This is a small/medium-sized scorpion 3 inches (76 mm) from the family Scorpionidae. It has brown back and golden claws. There are many sub-species of this scorpion, 19 of which were described by Fet et al.
The venom of Scorpio maurus contains a high variety of toxins including proteases, phospholipases, protease inhibitors and potassium channel toxins δ-KTx.[1] Although its venom contains a weak neurotoxin called maurotoxin, S. maurus is not a dangerous scorpion for humans.[2] There are no records of fatalities.
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small-conductance chloride channels; Maurotoxin from the venom of the Tunisian Scorpiomaurus blocks potassium channels. Some antimicrobial peptides in the venom...
species of scorpion in his genus Scorpio in 1758 and 1767; three of these are now considered valid and are called Scorpiomaurus, Androctonus australis, and...
is a peptide toxin from the venom of the Tunisian chactoid scorpion Scorpiomaurus palmatus, from which it was first isolated and from which the chemical...
settlements. Leiurus abdullahbayrami was found to share the same habitat with Scorpiomaurus. Scorpions will eat anything they can hold onto long enough to paralyze...
air and sand, and is in turn an important prey item for the scorpion Scorpiomaurus. H. reaumuri is only able to survive in such arid conditions because...
and Pi3 (from Pandinus imperator scorpion) and Maurotoxin (MTX, from Scorpiomaurus scorpion). Main structural characteristics are the presence of 34 amino...
Amino acid residues in length, isolated from the venom of the scorpion Maurus palmatus, which belongs to the family Chactidae, first characterized in...
Maurotoxin (MTX), which is derived from a Tunisian scorpion called Scorpiomaurus palmatus. MTX is also a K+ channel blocker but is composed of 34 amino...
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