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.