Tags: Enzyme.
Scutelarin (EC 3.4.21.60 taipan activator Oxyuranus scutellatus prothrombin-activating proteinase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Selective cleavage of Arg-Thr and Arg-Ile in prothrombin to form thrombin and two inactive fragmentsThis enzyme is isolated from the venom of the Taipan snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus).