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  • Title: Prothrombin and factor X activator activities in the venoms of Viperidae snakes.
    Author: Yamada D, Sekiya F, Morita T.
    Journal: Toxicon; 1997 Nov; 35(11):1581-9. PubMed ID: 9428105.
    Abstract:
    A Ca(2+)-dependent prothrombin activator, carinactivase-1 (CA-1), was previously found in the venom of Echis carinatus leucogaster. In the present study, the activities of CA-1-like enzymes were screened in the venoms of various Viperidae snakes. The addition of 1 mM Ca2+ ions to the venoms of only Echis snakes in Viperidae produced considerably high prothrombin activator activity, indicating that only the Echis snake venoms contain not only the Ca(2+)-independent prothrombin activator, ecarin, but also Ca(2+)-dependent activator(s). CA-1-like activators and ecarin in the venom of each Echis snake were efficiently separated by Blue Sepharose column chromatography. The venoms of the various Viperidae snakes were also examined for factor X activator activity. The venoms of genera Daboia, Vipera, Cerastes, Echis, Calloselasma and Bothrops contained factor X activator activity in the presence of Ca2+ ions. Cerastes cerastes and Calloselasma rhodostoma venoms also had Ca(2+)-independent factor X activator activity.
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