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  • Title: Purification and properties of a kininogenin from the venom of Vipera ammodytes ammodytes.
    Author: Bailey GS, Shipolini RA.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1976 Feb 01; 153(2):409-14. PubMed ID: 1275896.
    Abstract:
    A kininogenin (EC 3.4.21.8) was purified from the venom of Vipera ammodytes ammodytes (European sand viper) by a combination of gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography. The enzyme is approximately six times more active than bovine trypsin in its ability to release vasoactive peptides from a plasma precursor. The kininogenin is a glycoprotein containing 18-20% by weight of carbohydrate. It showed a mol. wt. of 40500 on gel filtration. Gel electrophoresis of the reduced sample in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate and 2-mercaptoethanol revealed the presence of two major components of mol.wt. 34300 and 31300. The heterogeneity, which was also observed on disc electrophoresis, was removed by incubation with neuraminidase. After incubation with neuraminidase the kininogenin retained full enzymic activity and possessed an isoelectric point of pH7.2. The carbohydrate content has been decreased to 10% by weight, and the single component seen on electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate and 2-mercaptoethanol corresponded to a mol.wt. of 29500.
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