Diamphotoxin
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diamphotoxin-241-14973024
title:
Diamphotoxin
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Diamphotoxin is a toxin produced by larvae and pupae of the beetle genus Diamphidia. Diamphotoxin is a hemolytic, cardiotoxic, and highly labile single-chain polypeptide bound to a protein that protects it from deactivation. Diamphotoxin increases the permeability of cell membranes of red blood cells. Although this does not affect the normal flow of ions between cells, it allows all small ions to pass through cell membranes easily, which fatally disrupts the cells' ion levels. Although diamphoto
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Chemical compound
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamphotoxin
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2024-01-05T15:30:25Z
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