Acutolysin A Explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

External links

• Snake venom metalloproteinase acutolysin-A

Notes and References

1. Web site: MEROPS - the Peptidase Database. www.ebi.ac.uk.
2. 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2110 . 9784374 . 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 . 1998 . Gong . Weimin . Zhu . Xueyong . Liu . Sijiu . Teng . Maikun . Niu . Liwen .