Biology:Leucolysin

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Leucolysin
Identifiers
EC number3.4.24.6
CAS number72561-03-6
Databases
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BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
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Leucolysin (EC 3.4.24.6, Leucostoma neutral proteinase, Leucostoma peptidase A) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleavage of Phe1-Val, His5-Leu, Ala14-Leu, Gly20-Glu, Gly23-Phe and Phe24-Phe bonds in insulin B chain as well as N-blocked dipeptides

This enzyme is isolated from the venom of the western cottonmouth moccasin snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma).

References

  1. "Leucostoma peptidase A. Isolation and physical properties". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 243 (17): 4486–93. September 1968. PMID 5684005. 
  2. "Leucostoma peptidase A: a metalloprotease from snake venom". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology 293 (2): 464–75. February 1973. doi:10.1016/0005-2744(73)90353-7. PMID 4711816. 

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