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Rather_Dashing t1_ivupy8z wrote

Reply to comment by googlecansuckithard in How does extracting venom from animals help us create antidotes? by asafen

Venoms are mostly proteins, so yes of course they can be a target of antibodies. Antibodies recognise fairly short fragments of proteins, not an entire virus or bacteria.

Also venoms are biological, and I don't think purely chemical means anything, everything is chemical

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Otterly_Magic t1_ivxp3dx wrote

To add just a little bit to this: a “chemical” built purely “from amino acids” has a very good chance of being a protein or a peptide (aka miniprotein). Especially if it is coming from a biological source, such as a snake’s venom.

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googlecansuckithard t1_iw1ombl wrote

Where the implucation would seem to be that proteins and peptides tend to be fragments of DNA/RNA in the biological context.

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