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Acutolysin A

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Toxin from snake venom

Acutolysin A (also called AaH I) is a toxin found in the snake Agkistrodon acutus. It is a strongly hemorrhagic metalloproteinase. It has a molecular weight of 22 kDa.

References

  1. "MEROPS - the Peptidase Database". www.ebi.ac.uk.
  2. Gong, Weimin; Zhu, Xueyong; Liu, Sijiu; Teng, Maikun; Niu, Liwen (1998). "Crystal structures of acutolysin A, a three-disulfide hemorrhagic zinc metalloproteinase from the snake venom of Agkistrodon acutus". Journal of Molecular Biology. 283 (3): 657–668. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1998.2110. PMID 9784374.

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