| Vibrio vulnificus protease | <enzyme> Forms haemorrhagic lesions and causes extensive dermonecrosis; enhances vascular permeability through histamine release and bradykinin generation by activation of the plasma kallikrein -kinin system; immediately inactivated by plasma protein Registry number: EC 3.4.24.- Synonym: vvp protease, vvp gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
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| Nasik vibrio | An organism differing from the cholera vibrio, being shorter and stouter and less comma-shaped; its cultures are very toxic to laboratory animals on intravenous injections. (05 Mar 2000) |