ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Transcriptomic Analysis of Venom
Glands and Amino Acid Profile of Venom
in Different Scorpion Species
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Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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Department of Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Submission date: 2024-03-31
Final revision date: 2024-04-20
Acceptance date: 2024-05-02
Online publication date: 2024-09-04
Corresponding author
Nevin Aslan
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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ABSTRACT
Scorpion venom, with its constituents, has the potential to be a drug candidate. Scorpion venom is
a mixture of biologically active compounds, including enzymes, toxic peptides, free amino acids, and other
metabolites. In this study, the peptide maps and metabolic analysis of the venoms will be elucidated by
transcriptomic analysis of mRNA profiles. Tissues were obtained from the venom glands of the scorpion
species Androctonus crassicauda, Hottentotta saulcyi, and Leiurus abdullahbayrami. The mRNA was isolated
from venom tissues obtained from the venom glands of the different scorpion species. As a result,
8 different proteins were obtained from the species A. carsicauda and H. saulcyi, a nd 7 d ifferent p roteins
from the species L. abdullahbayrami. According to the LC-MS/MS results, the amino acids taurine,
alpha-aminobutyric acid, phosphoethanolamine, lysine, leucine, and arginine were detected in the scorpion
venom of A. crassicauda. H. saulcyi; the amino acids taurine, lysine, phosphoethanolamine, arginine,
alpha-aminopimelic acid, and leucine were detected in scorpion venom. L. abdullahbayrami; alpha- aminobutyric
acid, taurine, lysine, phenylalanine, arginosuccinic acid, leucine, histamine, arginine, proline
amino acids were detected in the scorpion venom. It is important to emphasize that this study not only
adds to our existing knowledge of scorpion venoms, but may also serve as a basis for future research to
define the composition of scorpion venoms and facilitate the identification of new putative toxin families.