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tetanospasmin
The neurotoxic component of the exotoxin (tetanus toxin) produced by Clostridium tetani, a highly potent protein that binds to gangliosides and blocks the synaptic terminals of the central nervous system, causing the typical muscle spasms of tetanus.

It is one of the most powerful poisons known.

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