Updated Classifications of Conotoxins: Phylogenetic, Structural and Pharmacological (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine and Freshwater Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editor
Interests: peptides; proteins; toxins; cone snails; conopeptides; conotoxins; receptors; ion channels; nAChR
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Dear Colleagues,
Since the beginning of 2024, slightly more than 70 articles, including both original research works and reviews, have been published on conotoxins, which clearly indicates that the advancements in this research topic are considerable and worthy of constant updating.
Building upon the foundation laid in the previous edition, "Conotoxins: Evolution, Classifications and Targets" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/toxins/special_issues/Q9T19D5569), which highlighted the evolutionary trajectories, pharmacological classifications, and molecular target predictions of conopeptides, this new Special Issue titled "Updated Classifications of Conotoxins: Phylogenetic, Structural, and Pharmacological" aims to further refine our understanding of these unique marine toxins.
We warmly invite your contributions—be they research articles or reviews—to this second edition. In particular, we seek studies that expand on the phylogenetic relationships among cone snails, explore omics-based toxin discovery, refine structural and pharmacological classifications, or employ predictive approaches to infer molecular targets from mature conotoxin sequences. Your participation will significantly enrich this evolving field and help set future directions in conotoxin research.
Dr. Manuel B. Aguilar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cone snails
- peptides
- conopeptides
- conotoxins
- precursors
- disulfide bonds
- evolution
- molecular targets
- gene superfamilies
- pharmacological families
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