Ophiolysin

Ophiolysin (EC 3.4.24.51, Ophiophagus metalloendopeptidase) is an enzyme.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleavage of Asn³-Gln, Gln⁴-His, His¹⁰-Leu, Ala¹⁴-Leu, and Tyr¹⁶-Leu in insulin B chain

Ophiolysin
Identifiers
EC no.	3.4.24.51
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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This endopeptidase is present in the venom of the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)