Atroxase
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, T.W. and Tu, A.T. (1988). "Purification and biochemical characterization of atroxase, a nonhemorrhagic fibrinolytic protease from western diamondback rattlesnake venom". Biochemistry 27: 4769–4777. doi:10.1021/bi00413a028. PMID 3167016.
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