Journal article
Introducing the toxin-ID nomenclature to enable storage of venom toxin data in online repositories
Toxicon, Vol.267, pp.1-4
2025
PMID: 40992581
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Abstract
The naming of venom toxins was largely ad hoc until the introduction of a rational nomenclature with a structured framework for naming venom peptides conveying taxonomic, pharmacological and structural information. Unfortunately, the resulting toxin names are susceptible to frequent name changes, necessitating a more stable nomenclature extending beyond peptides for long-term storage of toxin records in online repositories. The proposed toxin ID nomenclature includes a class-level taxonomic identifier plus a unique number within each class.
Details
- Title
- Introducing the toxin-ID nomenclature to enable storage of venom toxin data in online repositories
- Authors
- Volker Herzig (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Bioinnovation
- Publication details
- Toxicon, Vol.267, pp.1-4
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.toxicon.2025.108592
- ISSN
- 1879-3150
- PMID
- 40992581
- Copyright note
- © 2025 The Author. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Data Availability
- No data was used for the research described in the article.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991166465602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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