Julia Freitas Daltro Vidal

Mrs. Julia Freitas Daltro Vidal


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 October 2024 in Toxins
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JVJulia Freitas Daltro Vidal
Julia Freitas Daltro Vidal
MSMatheus Ferroni Schwartz
Matheus Ferroni Schwartz
AGAisel Valle Garay
Aisel Valle Garay
NVNapoleão F. Valadares
Napoleão F. Valadares
RBRenata Bueno
Renata Bueno
JBJoão Alexandre Ribeiro Gonçalves Barbosa
João Alexandre Ribeiro Gonçalves Barbosa
Toxicofera reptile venoms are composed of several toxins, including serine proteases. These proteases are glycosylated enzymes that affect the prey’s hemostatic system. Their actions extend across the coagulation cascade, the kallikrein–kinin system, and platelet activation. Despite their specificity for different substrates, these enzymes are homologous across all toxicoferans and display high sequence similarity. The aim of this review is to compile decades of knowledge about venom serine proteases, showing the diversity of biochemically and biophysically characterized enzymes, their structural characteristics, advances in understanding their origin and evolution, as well as methods of obtaining enzymes and their biotechnological applications.