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WPK5, a Novel Kunitz-Type Peptide from the Leech Whitmania pigra Inhibiting Factor XIa, and Its Loop-Replaced Mutant to Improve Potency

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Published in 2021 at "Biomedicines"

DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9121745

Abstract: Kunitz-type proteins or peptides have been found in many blood-sucking animals, but the identity of them in leeches remained elusive. In the present study, five Kunitz-type peptides named WPK1-WPK5 were identified from the leech Whitmania… read more here.

Keywords: loop; wpk5; potency; kunitz type ... See more keywords