Atrolysin C

Definition:

EC Tree > 3 Hydrolases > 3.4 Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases) > 3.4.24 Metalloendopeptidases > 3.4.24.42 atrolysin C
Atroxase is a non-hemorrhagic zinc metalloendopeptidase from the western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) venom that cleaves fibrinogen, in peptidase family M12. It cleaves His5-/-Leu, Ser9-/-His, His10-/-Leu, Ala14-/-Leu and Tyr16-/-Leu in the insulin B chain. In venom it disrupts blood coagulation. It features an M12-family zinc catalytic domain.

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