Biology:Tentoxilysin

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Tentoxilysin
Identifiers
EC number3.4.24.68
CAS number107231-12-9
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Tentoxilysin (EC 3.4.24.68, tetanus neurotoxin) is an enzyme.[1][2][3][4][5] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of -Gln76-Phe- bond in synaptobrevin

This cinc enzyme produced by Clostridium tetani.

References

  1. "Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA clone encoding a major allergenic protein in rice seeds. Homology of the deduced amino acid sequence with members of alpha-amylase/trypsin inhibitor family". FEBS Letters 302 (3): 213–6. May 1992. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(92)80443-k. PMID 1376283. 
  2. "Tetanus and botulinum-B neurotoxins block neurotransmitter release by proteolytic cleavage of synaptobrevin". Nature 359 (6398): 832–5. October 1992. doi:10.1038/359832a0. PMID 1331807. 
  3. "Botulinum neurotoxins are zinc proteins". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 267 (33): 23479–83. November 1992. PMID 1429690. 
  4. "Mechanism of action of tetanus and botulinum neurotoxins". Molecular Microbiology 13 (1): 1–8. July 1994. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb00396.x. PMID 7527117. 
  5. "Tetanus and botulism neurotoxins: isolation and assay". Methods in Enzymology 248: 643–52. 1995. doi:10.1016/0076-6879(95)48041-2. PMID 7674951. 

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