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tick anticoagulant peptide

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More on Peptides Definition: Members of the class of compounds composed of AMINO ACIDS joined together by peptide bonds between adjacent amino acids into linear, branched or cyclical structures. OLIGOPEPTIDES are composed of approximately 2-12 amino acids. Polypeptides are composed of approximately 13 or more amino acids. PROTEINS are linear polypeptides that are normally synthesized on RIBOSOMES.  general; prefer specifics; fewer than 13 amino acids    Other names Polypeptides
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
tick anticoagulant peptide [ TAP, Ornithodoros moubata ]
  amino acid sequence given in first source; inhibitor of blood coagulation factor Xa 		0   *Peptides *Arthropod Proteins Factor Xa/antagonists & inhibitors
Pharma Action Serine Proteinase Inhibitors 		Science 1990;248(4955):593

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