Biology:Atroxase

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Atroxase
Identifiers
EC number3.4.24.43
CAS number181186-94-7
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

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

  1. "Purification and biochemical characterization of atroxase, a nonhemorrhagic fibrinolytic protease from western diamondback rattlesnake venom". Biochemistry 27 (13): 4769–77. June 1988. doi:10.1021/bi00413a028. PMID 3167016. 

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