| UniProt functional annotation for Q27049 | |||
| UniProt code: Q27049. |
| Organism: | Meccus pallidipennis (Triatomine bug) (Triatoma pallidipennis). | |
| Taxonomy: | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Paraneoptera; Hemiptera; Heteroptera; Panheteroptera; Cimicomorpha; Reduviidae; Triatominae; Meccus. | |
| Function: | Thrombin inhibitor, forms a non-covalent complex with thrombin at a molar ratio of 1:1, inhibits thrombin-induced platelet aggregation, and prolongs thrombin clotting time and activated partial thromboplastin time. It only minimally suppresses the amidolytic activity of thrombin. | |
| Subcellular location: | Secreted. | |
| Miscellaneous: | The sequence shown is that of clone TR5. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the calycin superfamily. Triabin family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.