Molecule functiona |
Molecule name |
Animal source (sp) |
Molecular mass (Da) |
Additional targets |
Functional characteristic |
Referenceb |
Factor X activators |
RVV-X |
Vipera russelli
(Daboia russelli) |
92,880 |
FIX |
metalloprotease, Ca2+ dependent |
Kisiel et al. [52]; Takeya et al. [50] |
VLFXA |
Vipera lebetina |
89,400 |
FIX |
metalloprotease, Ca2+ dependent |
Siigur et al. [51,54] |
- |
Bungarus faciatus |
70,000 |
S-2266 and S-2302 (kallikrein substrates) |
serine protease, Ca2+ dependent |
Zhang et al. [49] |
Losac |
Lonomia obliqua |
45,000 |
- |
serine protease, Ca2+ independent |
Alvarez Flores et al. [33] |
Prothrombin (FII) activators |
Ecarin |
Echis carinatus |
56,000 or 72,000 |
- |
metalloprotease, Ca2+ independent group Ac |
Yamada et al. [71]; Moore [72] |
Insularinase A |
Bothrops insularis |
22,639 |
FX, fibrinogen, fibrin |
metalloprotease, group A |
Modesto et al. [40] |
Berythractivase |
Bothrops erythromelas |
78,000 |
- |
metalloprotease, group A |
Silva et al. [41] |
Carinactivase-1 |
Echis carinatus |
87,000 |
- |
Metalloprotease Ca2+ dependent, group B |
Yamada et al. [71] |
Pseutarin C |
Pseudonaja textilis |
~250,000 |
- |
serine protease, dependent on Ca2+ and phospholipids, group C, structurally and functionally similar to the mammalian FXa-FVa complex |
Rao and Kini [39] |
Trocarin D |
Tropidechis carinatus |
46,515 |
- |
serine protease, dependent on Ca2+, phospholipids and FVa group D, structurally similar to the mammalian FXa |
Joseph et al. [42] |
Textarin |
Pseudonaja textilis |
53,000 |
- |
serine protease, dependent on Ca2+, phospholipids and FVa, group D |
Stocker et al. [73] |
Lopap |
Lonomia obliqua |
69,000 or 20,800 |
- |
serine protease, its activity is enhanced by Ca2+ ions, structurally similar to lipocalin family members |
Reis et al. [4,44,45] |
Factor V activators |
RVV-V |
Vipera russelli
(Dabioa russeli) |
29,000 |
- |
serine protease |
Kisiel [1] |
LVV-V (VLFVA) |
Vipera lebetina
(Daboia lebetina) |
28,400 |
- |
serine protease |
Siigur et al. [54] |
Lonomin VI: a |
Lonomia achelous |
- |
- |
metalloprotease |
López et al. [59] |
Thrombin-like |
Ancrod (Arvin) |
Calloselasma rhodostoma (Agkistrodon rhodostoma) |
48,000
(29,000d) |
- |
serine protease |
Burkhart et al. [94]; Yu et al. [93] |
Batroxobin (Reptilase or Defibrase) |
Bothrops atrox
(Bothrops moojeni) |
29,100
(25,503d) |
- |
serine protease |
Marsh [78]; Vu et al. [86] |
Thrombocytin |
Bothrops atrox |
36,000 |
prothrombin, FXIII, FVIII and platelets |
serine protease |
Niewiarowski et al. [61]; Glusa et al [62] |
a Some molecules can display more than one function.
bThe given references may not be of the first author to describe the respective molecules.
cAccording to classification by Kini (2005)
d Based on amino acid composition without carbohydrate content |