Cardiotoxin III

Cardiotoxin III

Cardiotoxin III (CTX III, also known as cytotoxin 3) is a sixty amino-acid polypeptide toxin from the Taiwan Cobra Naja naja atra. Recent evidence has shown that CTX III may induce apoptosis in K562 cells via the release of cytochrome c Ref|1. This protein belong to large family of snake venom toxins [http://opm.phar.umich.edu/families.php?superfamily=55] .

References

* Yang, Sheng-Huei "et al.", "Clin. Exp. Pharm" 32 pp. 515-520, 2005 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16026508&query_hl=18 Abstract] .


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