Nawaprin

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Nawaprin is a snake toxin from the Naja nigricollis (black-necked spitting cobra). By similarity, Nawaprin damages membranes of susceptible bacteria and does not inhibit the proteinases elastase and cathepsin G^[1] (for more, go to Uniprot here). For toxins in Proteopedia see Toxins.

3D Structures of Nawaprin3D Structures of Nawaprin

1udk – Nawaprin - NMR

ReferencesReferences

↑ Torres AM, Wong HY, Desai M, Moochhala S, Kuchel PW, Kini RM. Identification of a novel family of proteins in snake venoms. Purification and structural characterization of nawaprin from Naja nigricollis snake venom. J Biol Chem. 2003 Oct 10;278(41):40097-104. Epub 2003 Jul 23. PMID:12878611 doi:10.1074/jbc.M305322200

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[1] Torres AM, Wong HY, Desai M, Moochhala S, Kuchel PW, Kini RM. Identification of a novel family of proteins in snake venoms. Purification and structural characterization of nawaprin from Naja nigricollis snake venom. J Biol Chem. 2003 Oct 10;278(41):40097-104. Epub 2003 Jul 23. PMID:12878611 doi:10.1074/jbc.M305322200

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