title: Botulinum neurotoxins are metalloproteases specific for SNARE proteins involved in neuroexocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Centro CNR Biomembrane, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università di Padova, Italia.
authors.forename: Ornella
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rossetto
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seveso
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caccin
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montecucco
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D008954:Models, Biological; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D001905:Botulinum Toxins