Atroxase
Appearance
Atroxase (EC 3.4.24.43) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- Cleavage of His5-Leu, Ser9-His, His10-Leu, Ala14-Leu and Tyr16-Leu of insulin B chain
This endopeptidase is present in the venom of the western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox).
References
- ^ Willis TW, Tu AT (June 1988). "Purification and biochemical characterization of atroxase, a nonhemorrhagic fibrinolytic protease from western diamondback rattlesnake venom". Biochemistry. 27 (13): 4769–77. doi:10.1021/bi00413a028. PMID 3167016.
External links
- Atroxase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)