Purification, characterization and biological activity of an L-amino acid oxidase from Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus venom

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-224

  Wei, Ji Fu ^a,b   Wei, Qin ^a   Lu, Qiu Min ^a   Tai, Hong ^a   Jin, Yang ^a   Wang, Wan Yu ^a   Xiong, Yu Liang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Cytotoxicity; L amino acid oxidase; Platelet aggregation; Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SCAVENGER; SEPHADEX; SNAKE VENOM; VIPER VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SNAKE; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CROTALID VENOMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; L-AMINO ACID OXIDASE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; PROTOBOTHROPS MUCROSQUAMATUS; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS;

EID: 0038559552     PISSN: 05829879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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