Figure 1. The nucleotide sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of Mesobuthus tamulus PLA₂. The open reading frame is shown as upper case letters. The deduced amino acid sequence is shown as a single letter abbreviation below the nucleotide. The nucleotides are numbered with respect to the initiation codon and the deduced amino acids are numbered with respect to the N-terminus of the mature protein. The signal sequence of 31 amino acids is underlined. The nucleotide sequence contains an open reading frame (ORF) of 504 bp which codes for 167 amino acids. The 3’ un-translated region includes poly(A) tail of 13 adenine nucleotides long. The codons for initiation, termination and poly(A) tail are shown in bold. ◄-indicates predicted furin-type cleavage site.