Global InformationConvulxin information
Convulxin is a snake venom toxin found in a tropical rattlesnake known as Crotalus durissus terrificus. It belongs to the family of hemotoxins, which destroy red blood cells or, as is the case with convulxin, induce blood coagulation. [citation needed]
| Convulxin | |||||||
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 Ring like protein α4β4 structure of convulxin | |||||||
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| Symbol | CVX | ||||||
| CAS number | 37206-04-5 | ||||||
| PDB | 1UMR | ||||||
| UniProt | O93426 | ||||||
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It causes platelet activation in the blood, forming clots and buildup of pressure. Convulxin acts as an agonist to the GPVI receptor, the major signalling receptor for collagen.[1] This can cause the blood stream to burst, or the heart or brain to lose blood, thus resulting in death. It is a tetramer C-type lectin with an oligomeric structure, made up of heterodimeric subunits.[2]
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