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Leucolysin

Leucolysin (, Leucostoma neutral proteinase, Leucostoma peptidase A) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleavage of Phe<sup>1</sup>-Val, His<sup>5</sup>-Leu, Ala<sup>14</sup>-Leu, Gly<sup>20</sup>-Glu, Gly<sup>23</sup>-Phe and Phe<sup>24</sup>-Phe bonds in insulin B chain as well as N-blocked dipeptides

This enzyme is isolated from the venom of the western cottonmouth moccasin snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma).

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