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  • Title: A low molecular weight isoform of hyaluronidase: purification from Indian cobra (Naja naja) venom and partial characterization.
    Author: Girish KS, Kemparaju K.
    Journal: Biochemistry (Mosc); 2005 Jun; 70(6):708-12. PubMed ID: 16038614.
    Abstract:
    A low molecular weight isoform of hyaluronidase (NNH2) has been isolated from Indian cobra (Naja naja) venom by successive chromatography on Sephadex G-75 and CM-Sephadex C-25 columns. The apparent molecular weight determined by SDS-PAGE is 52 kD, and the pI value is 9.7. NNH2 is an endoglycosidase and exhibits in vitro absolute specificity for hyaluronan; it also hydrolyzed hyaluronan in human skin sections. NNH2 is nontoxic, but it indirectly potentiates the hemorrhagic activity of hemorrhagic complex-I. Curcumin, indomethacin, and tannic acid inhibited dose dependently the degradation of hyaluronan by NNH2.
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