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The crude venom of Mesobuthus tamulus was purchased from Haffkine Institute (Bombay, India).
The few studies documented on Buthus tamulus are restricted to the isolation and purification of neurotoxins, protease inhibitors, histamine releasers [ 19 ] iberiotoxin, an inhibitor of high conductance Ca 2+-activated K +channel [ 21 ] and neurotoxin Bt-II [ 20 ] . In the quest for natural insect-selective toxins, we have identified a novel short lepidopteran-selective toxin from the venom of Mesobuthus tamulus having 37 amino acids residues and 8 half-cystines.
Here we report the isolation of a short insecticidal toxin from the venom of Mesobuthus tamulus.
B. tamulus insect toxin) which has high sequence homology with a few short toxins [ 11 22 23 24 25 26 27 ] and shows high selectivity to a lepidopteran insect, Heliothis virescens.
Owing to their species selectivity, increasing attention has been paid in recent years to identify insect-selective toxins that can be used to develop recombinant biopesticides as a safer alternative to broad spectrum chemical insecticides [ 12 13 14 ] . Several insect-selective toxins have been identified and purified from scorpions collected in different geographical locations [ 2 11 15 16 17 18 ] . However, the Indian red scorpion, Mesobuthus tamulus, known for its severe toxicity [ 19 20 ] received little attention in this regard.