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Ruberlysin (EC 3.4.24.48 Crotalus ruber metalloendopeptidase II hemorrhagic toxin II) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Cleavage of His10-Leu Ala14-Leu Tyr16-Leu and Gly23-Phe bonds in the B chain of insulin; His-Pro Pro-Phe and Trp-Ser of angiotensin I; and Gly-Phe of Met enkephalinThis endopeptidase is present in the venom of the red rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber ruber).

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