... Pharmacol 139, 29 5–3 01.19 Martins RD, Alves RS, Martins AM, Barbosa PS,Evangelista JS, Evangelista JJ, Ximenes RM, ToyamaMH, Toyama DO, Souza AJ et al. (2009) Purification and characterization ... constitute a new, monophyletic PLA2clade.AbbreviationsAcPLA2, Adamsia carciniopados phospholipase A 2; AtxC, ammodytoxin C; PDB, Protein Data Bank; PLA2, phospholipase A 2; PyPC,1-hexadecanoyl-2-(1-pyrenedecanoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine; ... UcPLA2(Fig. 3A) . Other known cnidarianPLA2s, such as those from the hydrozoan Hydra magni-papillata [34] and the sea anemones A. pallida [16,17] and B. caissarum [19], as well as the PLA2from...