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Scutelarin

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Scutelarin
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EC no.3.4.21.60
CAS no.93389-45-8
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Scutelarin (EC 3.4.21.60, taipan activator, Oxyuranus scutellatus prothrombin-activating proteinase) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Selective cleavage of Arg-Thr and Arg-Ile in prothrombin to form thrombin and two inactive fragments

This enzyme is isolated from the venom of the Taipan snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus).

References

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  1. ^ Walker FJ, Owen WG, Esmon CT (March 1980). "Characterization of the prothrombin activator from the venom of Oxyuranus scutellatus scutellatus (taipan venom)". Biochemistry. 19 (5): 1020–3. doi:10.1021/bi00546a029. PMID 6986908.
  2. ^ Speijer H, Govers-Riemslag JW, Zwaal RF, Rosing J (October 1986). "Prothrombin activation by an activator from the venom of Oxyuranus scutellatus (Taipan snake)". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261 (28): 13258–67. PMID 3531198.
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