Ophiolysin
Ophiolysin | |||||||||
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EC number | 3.4.24.51 | ||||||||
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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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Ophiolysin (EC 3.4.24.51, Ophiophagus metalloendopeptidase) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- Cleavage of Asn3-Gln, Gln4-His, His10-Leu, Ala14-Leu, and Tyr16-Leu in insulin B chain
This endopeptidase is present in the venom of the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
References
- ↑ Yamakawa, Y.; Omori-Satoh, T. (1988). "A protease in the venom of king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah): purification, characterization and substrate specificity on oxidized insulin B-chain". Toxicon. 26: 1145–1155. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(88)90299-1. PMID 3070833.
External links
- Ophiolysin at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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