Table 1.
Relative abundances of putative toxins identified in B. colombiensis venom gland transcriptome
| Toxins | No. of ESTs | No. of clusters | Redundancy (clones/clusters) | % Of total | % Of total toxin transcripts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metalloproteinase | 129 | 10 | 12.9 | 17.7 | 37.5 |
| PLA2 | 102 | 3 | 34.0 | 14.0 | 29.7 |
| Serine proteinase | 41 | 2 | 20.5 | 5.6 | 11.9 |
| Waprin | 19 | 1 | 19.0 | 2.6 | 5.5 |
| C-type lectin | 14 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 4.1 |
| ATPase | 10 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| CRISP | 8 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
| svVEGF | 8 | 1 | 8.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
| LAO | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| BPP/C-NP | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Phospholipase B | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Phosphodiesterase | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Total | 344 | 31 | – | 47.2 | 100.0 |
BPP/C-NP Bradykinin-potentiating and C-type natriuretic peptide, CRISP cysteine-rich secretory protein, LAO L-amino acid oxidase, PLA 2 phospholipase A2, svVEGF snake venom vascular endothelium growth factor