Hirudin

| Hirudin | |||||||||
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| Identifikasi | |||||||||
| Simbol | Hirudin | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF00713 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR000429 | ||||||||
| SCOP | 4htc | ||||||||
| SUPERFAMILY | 4htc | ||||||||
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Hirudin adalah peptida yang dibuat secara alami di kelenjar ludah lintah pengisap darah (seperti Hirudo medicinalis) yang memiliki sifat antikoagulan (mencegah pembekuan darah).[2] Hirudin merupakan senyawa penting bagi perilaku hematofagi lintah untuk menjaga agar darah tetap mengalir setelah proses flebotomi (tusukan pada pembuluh darah) yang dilakukan oleh lintah pada kulit inang.
Referensi
- ^ PDB: 4HTC
- ^ "IV. On the action of a secretion obtained from the medicinal leech on the coagulation of the blood". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 36 (228–231): 478–487. 1883. doi:10.1098/rspl.1883.0135.
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