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a Proteolytic cleavage of chain A precursor of crotoxin. Chain A precursor undergoes proteolytic cleavage to form three polypeptide α, β and γ chains. These polypeptides are linked by disulphide bridges. The inter-chain disulphide bridge is shown in straight lines. b Schematic representation of proteolysis and inter-chain disulphide bridge
