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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Spider venom phospholipase D toxin structure: Interfacial binding site, mechanism, activation, and head group preference.

Alexandra K Sundman, Greta J Binford, William R Montfort, Matthew H J Cordes

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alexandra K SundmanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85701.ORCID 0009-0001-2260-0977
Greta J BinfordDepartment of Biology, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 97219.ORCID 0000-0002-6876-431X
William R MontfortDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85701.ORCID 0000-0001-5776-2530
Matthew H J CordesDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85701.ORCID 0000-0002-5763-1669

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NSF (NSF) CHE-1808716UA | BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona Accelerate For Success
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Abstract

Envenomation by sicariid spiders such as the brown recluse can cause loxoscelism, a syndrome involving localized dermonecrosis and/or systemic effects like hemolysis. The causative venom toxins are unusual interfacial phospholipase D enzymes that cyclize sphingolipid and lysophospholipid substrates when bound to membrane surfaces. Crystal structures of several of these toxins have been reported, but none of them directly illuminates how lipids bind in the active site and at the interfacial binding site (IBS); indeed, as a general rule the lipid interfaces of peripheral membrane proteins resist crystallographic determination. Here, however, we report X-ray crystal structures at 1.85 to 2.6 Å resolution of a venom toxin from the Chilean six-eyed sand spider

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Phospholipase DSpider VenomsAnimalsBinding SitesCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularProtein ConformationSpidersPhospholipase DSpider Venomscocrystal structureinterfacial binding siteinterfacial enzymeloxoscelismphospholipase D

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PMID41941646
PMCPMC13079978

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