Salivary Protein Card
Accession: Sp001590 Nitrophorin-1 [Rhodnius prolixus]
Basic info
| Organism | Rhodnius prolixus |
| Taxonomy | Insecta > Hemiptera > Reduviidae > Rhodnius > Rhodnius prolixus |
| Protein Description | Nitrophorin-1 |
| Mass Weight | 22763.403 |
| Isoelectric Point | 6.811 |
Annotation
| Function | Heme-based protein that deliver nitric oxide gas (NO) to the victim while feeding, resulting in vasodilation and inhibition of platelet aggregation. Also binds tightly to histamine, which is released by the host to induce wound healing | ||
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Features
| Feature key | Position | Length |
| Signal Peptide | 1-23 | 23 |
| Chain | 24-207 | 184 |
Sequence
3D Structure
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Publication
| 1. |
Champagne DE, Nussenzveig RH, Ribeiro JM.; Purification, partial characterization, and cloning of nitric oxide-carrying heme proteins (nitrophorins) from salivary glands of the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus.; J Biol Chem. 1995 Apr 14;270(15):8691-5. |