TABLE 2

PLA2 activities


Toxin/Subunit

PLA2 Activity
μmol/min/mg
Taipoxin 0.4a
α-Taipoxin 3.8a
β-Taipoxin 0a
γ-Taipoxin 0.7a
Cannitoxin 90.5 ± 1.1
Cannitoxin + 4-BPB 2.1 ± 0.1
α-Cannitoxin 129.7 ± 12.4
β-Cannitoxin 4.8 ± 3.8
γ-Cannitoxin
23.4 ± 7.6
  • a Data from Fohlman et al. (1979); it should be noted that activity of taipoxin and its subunits were obtained using a different assay, so caution should be exercised when comparing activity with cannitoxin.