- Gelonin
Gelonin is a
protein toxin of approximately 30 kDa found in the seeds of the Himalayan plant Gelonium multiflorum. In cell-free systems gelonin exerts powerfulN-glycosidase activity on the 28SrRNA unit ofeukaryotic ribosomes by cleaving outadenine at the 4324 site.
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