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Atroxase
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EC no.3.4.24.43
CAS no.181186-94-7
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Atroxase (EC 3.4.24.43) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleavage of His-Leu, Ser-His, His-Leu, Ala-Leu and Tyr-Leu of insulin B chain

This endopeptidase is present in the venom of the western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox).

References

  1. 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.

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Proteases: metalloendopeptidases (EC 3.4.24)
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