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AbstractBackgroundThe relative influence of diet and phylogeny on snake venom activity is a poorly understood aspect of snake venom evolution. We measured the activity of two enzyme toxin groups – phospholipase A2(PLA2), and L-amino acid oxidase (LAAO) – in the venom of 39 species of Australian elapids (40% of terrestrial species diversity) and used linear parsimony and BayesTraits to investigate any correlation between enzyme activity and phylogeny or diet.ResultsPLA2activity ranged from 0 to 481 nmol/min/mg of venom, and LAAO activity ranged from 0 to 351 nmol/min/mg. Phylogenetic comparative methods, implemented in BayesTraits showed that enzyme activity was strongly correlated with phylogeny, more so for LAAO activity. For example, LAAO activity was absent in both theVermicellaandPseudonaja/Oxyuranusclade, supporting previously proposed relationships among these disparate taxa. There was no association between broad dietary categories and either enzyme activity. There was strong evidence for faster initial rates of change over evolutionary time for LAAO (delta parameter mean 0.2), but no such pattern in PLA2(delta parameter mean 0.64). There were some exceptions to the phylogenetic patterns of enzyme activity: different PLA2activity in the ecologically similar sister-speciesDenisonia devisiandD. maculata; large inter-specific differences in PLA2activity inHoplocephalusandAustrelaps.ConclusionsWe have shown that phylogeny is a stronger influence on venom enzyme activity than diet for two of the four major enzyme families present in snake venoms. PLA2and LAAO activities had contrasting evolutionary dynamics with the higher delta value for PLA2Some species/individuals lacked activity in one protein family suggesting that the loss of single protein family may not incur a significant fitness cost.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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