A Novel Phospholipase A2 Isolated from Palythoa caribaeorum Possesses Neurotoxic Activity
Zoanthids of the genus Palythoa are distributed worldwide in shallow waters around coral reefs.Like all cnidarians, they possess nematocysts that contain a large 10026145n diversity of toxins that paralyze their prey.This work was aimed at isolating and functionally characterizing a cnidarian neurotoxic phospholipase named A2-PLTX-Pcb1a for the fir