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UniProt functional annotation for O97373 | ||
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| UniProt code: O97373. |
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| Organism: | |
Glossina morsitans morsitans (Savannah tsetse fly). |
| Taxonomy: | |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Hippoboscoidea; Glossinidae; Glossina. |
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| Function: | |
Potent and specific inhibitor of human thrombin. It is also a potent inhibitor of thrombin-induced platelet aggregation. It is capable of antagonizing host hemostasis and facilitating blood feeding. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8644901}. |
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| Subcellular location: | |
Secreted. |
| Tissue specificity: | |
Expressed at high levels in salivary glands and midguts of adult tsetse flies. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8644901, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9826693}. |
| Mass spectrometry: | |
Mass=3530; Method=MALDI; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:8644901}; |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.