UniProt functional annotation for O93523

UniProt code: O93523.

Organism: Bothrops jararaca (Jararaca) (Bothrops jajaraca).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Lepidosauria; Squamata; Bifurcata; Unidentata; Episquamata; Toxicofera; Serpentes; Colubroidea; Viperidae; Crotalinae; Bothrops.
 
Function: [Zinc metalloproteinase-disintegrin-like bothropasin]: has caseinolytic activity. Causes hemorrhage on rabbit skin and causes myonecrosis in mouse tibialis anterior muscle.
 
Function: [Disintegrin-like bothropasin]: inhibits platelet aggregation.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Cleavage of 5-His-|-Leu-6, 10-His-|-Leu-11, 14-Ala-|-Leu-15, 16-Tyr-|-Leu-17 and 24-Phe-|-Phe-25 in insulin B chain.; EC=3.4.24.49; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:6819660};
Cofactor: Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:18831982}; Note=Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18831982};
Activity regulation: Inhibited by EDTA and EGTA. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:6819660}.
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18831982, ECO:0000269|PubMed:6819660}.
Subcellular location: Secreted.
Tissue specificity: Expressed by the venom gland.
Miscellaneous: The metalloproteinase domain which is released from the cleavage of the disintegrin bothropasin may be unstable.
Similarity: Belongs to the venom metalloproteinase (M12B) family. P-III subfamily. P-IIIb sub-subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.