Global InformationVenombin AB information
| Venombin AB | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 3.4.21.55 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 104003-74-9 | ||||||||
| 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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Venombin AB (EC 3.4.21.55, gabonase, okinaxobin II, Bitis gabonica venom serine proteinase, afaâ, cytin) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- Selective cleavage at Arg- bonds in fibrinogen to form fibrin and release fibrinopeptides A and B
This enzyme is isolated from the venom of the Gaboon viper Bitis gabonica.
- ^ Pirkle H, Theodor I, Miyada D, Simmons G (July 1986). "Thrombin-like enzyme from the venom of Bitis gabonica. Purification, properties, and coagulant actions". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261 (19): 8830–5. PMID 3522580.