UniProt functional annotation for Q8WPI2

UniProt code: Q8WPI2.

Organism: Rhipicephalus microplus (Cattle tick) (Boophilus microplus).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Chelicerata; Arachnida; Acari; Parasitiformes; Ixodida; Ixodoidea; Ixodidae; Rhipicephalinae; Rhipicephalus; Boophilus.
 
Function: Prevents blood clot formation to allow successful feeding and digestion through its inhibition activity of thrombin and other host anticoagulating factors like kallikrein, coagulation factor VII, or plasmin. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18286181}.
 
Subunit: Interacts with host thrombin and trypsin. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18286181}.
Subcellular location: Secreted.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.