T. Nikai et al., PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF AC(1)-PROTEINASE FROM THE VENOM OF DEINAGKISTRODON-ACUTUS (100-PACE SNAKE) FROM TAIWAN, Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin, 18(4), 1995, pp. 631-633
The entire amino acid sequence of Ac-1-Proteinase from Deinagkistrodon
acutus venom was determined by using lysyl endopeptidase, metalloendo
peptidase, trypsin and V8 protease. The hemorrhagic toxin had a typica
l zinc-chelating sequence His-Glu-X-X-His found in thermolysin.