atroxase

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|enzyme}} An [[endopeptidase]] [[enzyme]], found in the [[venom]] of the [[diamondback]] [[rattlesnake]] {{taxfmt|Crotalus atrox|species}}, that [[catalyze]]s the [[cleavage]] of His⁵-Leu, Ser⁹-His, His¹⁰-Leu, Ala¹⁴-Leu and Tyr¹⁶-Leu of [[insulin]] B [[chain]].

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