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  • Title: Isolation and biochemical characterization of hemorrhagic toxin f from the venom of Crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake).
    Author: Nikai T, Mori N, Kishida M, Sugihara H, Tu AT.
    Journal: Arch Biochem Biophys; 1984 Jun; 231(2):309-19. PubMed ID: 6375570.
    Abstract:
    Hemorrhagic toxin f (HT-f) was isolated from Crotalus atrox (Western Diamondback Rattlesnake) venom by a five-step purification procedure. Homogeneity was established by the formation of a single band in acrylamide gel electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-electrophoresis. HT-f has a molecular weight of 64,000 and contains 572 amino acid residues. It contains 1 mol of zinc per mol of protein. Zinc is essential for both hemorrhagic and proteolytic activities. HT-f possesses proteolytic activity hydrolyzing the Val-Asn, Gln-His, Leu-Cys, His-Leu, Ala-Leu, and Tyr-Leu bonds of oxidized insulin B chain. HT-f did not coagulate fibrinogen to fibrin, yet it did hydrolyze the gamma chain of fibrinogen without affecting either the A alpha or B beta chains. This is the first time that a hemorrhagic toxin was shown to have fibrinogenase activity. HT-f was shown to differ immunologically from other hemorrhagic toxins such as HT-a and HT-c. HT-f also possesses lethal toxicity. When zinc was removed the apo-HT-f lost its lethal toxicity. HT-f produced not only local hemorrhage in the skin and muscle, but also produced systemic hemorrhage in internal organs such as the intestine, kidney, lung, heart, and liver.
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