Abstract
Snake venoms are a complex mixture of compounds with a wide range of biological and pharmacological activities, which more than 90% of their dry weight is composed by proteins, comprising a variety of enzymes, such as proteases (metalo and serine), phospholipases A2, L-aminoacid oxidases, esterases, and others [1-5]. A great number of proteins were purified and characterized from snake venoms [1, 2]. Some of these proteins exhibit enzymatic activity, while many others are non-enzymatic proteins and peptides. Based on their structures, they can be grouped into a small number of super-families based on remarkable similarities in their primary, secondary and tertiary structures, however showing distinct pharmacologic effects [3].
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