UniProt functional annotation for P17726

UniProt code: P17726.

Organism: Ornithodoros moubata (Soft tick) (Argasid tick).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Chelicerata; Arachnida; Acari; Parasitiformes; Ixodida; Ixodoidea; Argasidae; Ornithodoros.
 
Function: TAP is a slow, tight-binding inhibitor of blood coagulation, specific for factor Xa.
 
Miscellaneous: The inhibition of factor Xa seems to be reversible and stoichiometric.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.