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also: Snaclec crotocetin; Note: in databanks the name is given as crotocetin and not as Crotacetin as in the original publication. Crotacetin is a snake venom C-type lectin homolog of convulxin. The cDNA encoding the beta subunit has been cloned by Radis-Baptista et al (2006) from the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus. Crotacetin can be isolated from the venom of several C. durissus subspecies, but its quantitative predominance is in the venom of C. durissus cascavella.
The protein has been shown to induce platelet aggregation and to act as a defense peptide, showing antimicrobial activity against
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