Cardiotoxin III

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Cardiotoxin III (CTX III, also known as cytotoxin 3) is a sixty amino-acid polypeptide toxin from the Taiwan Cobra Naja naja atra.

Recent evidence has shown that CTX III may induce apoptosis in K562 cells via the release of cytochrome c.^[1]

This protein belongs to large family of snake venom toxins.^[2]

References

Clostridium:	tetani Tetanospasmin Tetanolysin perfringens Alpha toxin Enterotoxin difficile A B botulinum Botox

other:	Anthrax toxin Listeriolysin O

Streptolysin Leukocidin Panton-Valentine leukocidin

Staphylococcus	Staphylococcus aureus alpha/beta/delta Exfoliatin Toxic shock syndrome toxin Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B (SEB)

Mechanisms

Endotoxin

scorpion:	Androctonus australis hector insect toxin Charybdotoxin Maurotoxin Agitoxin Margatoxin Slotoxin Scyllatoxin Hefutoxin Lq2 Birtoxin Bestoxin BmKAEP Phaiodotoxin Imperatoxin

spider:	Latrotoxin Alpha-latrotoxin CSTX Cupiennins PhTx3 Stromatoxin Vanillotoxin Huwentoxin

mollusca:	Conotoxin Eledoisin Onchidal Saxitoxin Tetrodotoxin

fish:	Ciguatera Tetrodotoxin

amphibian:	(+)-Allopumiliotoxin 267A Batrachotoxin Bufotoxins Arenobufagin Bufotalin Bufotenin Cinobufagin Marinobufagin Epibatidine Histrionicotoxin Pumiliotoxin 251D Samandarin Samandaridine Tarichatoxin

reptile/snake venom:	Bungarotoxin Alpha-Bungarotoxin Beta-Bungarotoxin Calciseptine Taicatoxin Calcicludine Cardiotoxin III

note: some toxins are produced by lower species and pass through intermediate species

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