Mucrolysin

Mucrolysin (EC 3.4.24.54, Trimeresurus metalloendopeptidase A, mucrotoxin A) is an enzyme.^[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Mucrolysin
Identifiers
EC no.	3.4.24.54
CAS no.	85898-38-0
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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Zinc metalloproteinase/disintegrin
Identifiers
Organism	Protobothrops mucrosquamatus
Symbol	?
UniProt	O57413
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Cleavage of Ser⁹-His, His¹⁰-Leu, Ala¹⁴-Leu, Leu¹⁵-Tyr and Tyr¹⁶-Leu bonds in insulin B chain

This endopeptidase from the venom of Taiwan habu snake (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus).

References

1. Sugihara H, Moriura M, Nikai T (1983). "Purification and properties of a lethal, hemorrhagic protein, "mucrotoxin A", from the venom of the Chinese habu snake (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus)". Toxicon. 21: 247–255. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(83)90009-0. PMID 6857709.
2. Kishida M, Nikai T, Mori N, Kohmura S, Sugihara H (1985). "Characterization of mucrotoxin A from the venom of Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus (the Chinese habu snake)". Toxicon. 23 (4): 637–45. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(85)90368-x. PMID 3904081.

External links

• Mucrolysin at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)