Alternative Name(s):

Hirudin variant-1; Hirudin-1; Hirudin-I; Lepirudin

Species: (Organism)

Hirudo medicinalis (Medicinal leech)

Gene Names:

N/A

Tag info:

N-terminal 6xHis-tagged

Target Protein AA Sequence:

VVYTDCTESGQNLCLCEGSNVCGQGNKCILGSDGEKNQCVTGEGTPKPQSHNDGDFEEIPEEYLQ

Expression Region:

1-65aa

Subcellular Location:

Secreted

Tissue Specificity:

Protein Length:

Full Length

Pathway:

Mol. Weight:

9 kDa

Purity:

Greater than 90% as determined by SDS-PAGE.

Form:

Liquid or Lyophilized powder

Buffer:

If the delivery form is liquid, the default storage buffer is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 5%-50% glycerol. If the delivery form is lyophilized powder, the buffer before lyophilization is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 6% Trehalose, pH 8.0.

Research Areas:

Others

Function:

Hirudin is a potent thrombin-specific protease inhibitor. It forms a stable non-covalent complex with alpha-thrombin, thereby abolishing its ability to cleave fibrinogen.

Involvement in disease:

Relevance:

Hirudin is a potent thrombin-specific protease inhibitor. It forms a stable non-covalent complex with alpha-thrombin, thereby abolishing its ability to cleave fibrinogen.

Reconstitution:

We recommend that this vial be briefly centrifuged prior to opening to bring the contents to the bottom. Please reconstitute protein in deionized sterile water to a concentration of 0.1-1.0 mg/mL.We recommend to add 5-50% of glycerol (final concentration) and aliquot for long-term storage at -20℃/-80℃. Our default final concentration of glycerol is 50%. Customers could use it as reference.

Protein Families:

Protease inhibitor I14 (hirudin) family

Reference:

The complete amino acid sequence of hirudin, a thrombin specific inhibitor. Application of colour carboxymethylation.Dodt J., Mueller H.-P., Seemueller U., Chang J.-Y.FEBS Lett. 165:180-183(1984)