Haementeria officinalis

Haementeria officinalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Rhynchobdellida
Family: Glossiphoniidae
Genus: Haementeria
Species:
H. officinalis
Binomial name
Haementeria officinalis
de Filippi, 1849

Haementeria officinalis is a species of leeches found in Mexico. Its salivary glands produce the protein antistasin, which prevents blood clotting by inhibiting factor Xa.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ "Haementeria officinalis de Filippi, 1849". Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ Dunwiddie, C.; Thornberry, N. A.; Bull, H. G.; Sardana, M.; Friedman, P. A.; Jacobs, J. W.; Simpson, E. (1989). "Antistasin, a leech-derived inhibitor of factor Xa. Kinetic analysis of enzyme inhibition and identification of the reactive site". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264 (28): 16694–16699. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)84761-0. PMID 2777803.
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