UniProt functional annotation for P12071

UniProt code: P12071.

Organism: Ecballium elaterium (Squirting cucumber) (Momordica elaterium).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Cucurbitales; Cucurbitaceae; Bryonieae; Ecballium.
 
Function: Inhibits trypsin.
 
Subcellular location: Secreted.
Domain: The presence of a 'disulfide through disulfide knot' structurally defines this protein as a knottin.
Similarity: Belongs to the protease inhibitor I7 (squash-type serine protease inhibitor) family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.