"Please Don't Let Me Fall:" The Trial and Execution of Mary Surratt
Year: 2012

Ecamulin, a novel prothrombin activating enzyme, has been isolated and purified 63-fold with a 57% yield from the venom of the Middle-Asian sand viper Echis multisquamatus using three-step ion-exchange chromatography. The enzyme was shown to activate prothrombin similarly to Ecarin, a prothrombin-converting enzyme from Echis carinatus venom, however, differing from the latter by structural and physico-chemical properties. The enzyme is a Zn-proteinase: it contains 1 mol Zn per 1 mol of protein.