| 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.