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The venom was analyzed using matrix-assisted laser desorption\/ionization  time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). About 488 molecular masses between 700 Da and 3000 Da were searched bymatching with known peptide sequences from UniProtKB protein sequence database. Through this method we were able to identify 12 conopeptides. For validation we considered the error between the experimental molecular mass (monoisotopic) and the calculated mass of less than 0.5 Da. All conopeptides detected belong to the A-, O1-, O2-, O3-, T- and D-superfamilies, which can block Ca2+ channels, inhibit K+ channels and act on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Only a few of the detected peptides have a 100% UniProtKB database similarity, suggesting that several of them could be newly discovered marine drugs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/md11062203","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,19]],"date-time":"2013-06-19T12:17:30Z","timestamp":1371644250000},"page":"2203-2215","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Conopeptides from Cape Verde Conus crotchii"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Jorge","family":"Neves","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CIIMAR\/CIMAR\u2014Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Rua dos Bragas 289, Porto 4050-123, Portugal"},{"name":"DECM\u2014Department of Engineering and Sea Science, Cape Verde University, Mindelo CP 163, Cape Verde"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4621-885X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexandre","family":"Campos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIIMAR\/CIMAR\u2014Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Rua dos Bragas 289, Porto 4050-123, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Hugo","family":"Os\u00f3rio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, IPATIMUP,  Porto 4200-465, Portugal"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto 4200-319, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1328-1732","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Agostinho","family":"Antunes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIIMAR\/CIMAR\u2014Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Rua dos Bragas 289, Porto 4050-123, Portugal"},{"name":"Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto 4169-007, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3585-2417","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vitor","family":"Vasconcelos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIIMAR\/CIMAR\u2014Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Rua dos Bragas 289, Porto 4050-123, Portugal"},{"name":"Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto 4169-007, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1370","DOI":"10.1016\/j.toxicon.2012.09.013","article-title":"Secretion and maturation of conotoxins in the venom ducts of Conus textile","volume":"60","author":"Dobson","year":"2012","journal-title":"Toxicon"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"25","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.ecolsys.33.010802.150424","article-title":"Conus venom peptides: Reflections from the biology of clades and species","volume":"33","author":"Olivera","year":"2002","journal-title":"Annu. 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