Because of its rapid oxidation on exposure to air it is considered an ideal for chemical warfare.
A two-chain polypeptide joined by a disulfide bond, the Japanese cult Aum Supreme Truth once set-up a plant for bulk production of this agent. Because of its rapid oxidation on exposure to air it is considered an ideal for chemical warfare. Working by breaking a fusion protein that allows neurons to release acetylcholine at a neuromuscular junction, it paralyzes muscles. Derived from the bacterium clostridium botulinum, for ten points -- name this toxic enzyme now FDA approved as a wrinkle remover.
A two-chain polypeptide joined by a disulfide bond, the Japanese cult Aum Supreme Truth once set-up a plant for bulk production of this agent.
{Botulin toxin} or {Botox} (Prompt on: {Botulism})