Review Article

Thrombin Inhibitors from Different Animals

Table 1

Thrombin inhibitors from different animals.

NameOriginTargetSizeTypes of structural domainsBinding data (Ki values)References

HirudinHirudo medicinalisThrombin catalytic site and exosite-17,000 Da20 fM [5658, 60]
Hirullin P6Hirudinaria manillensis7,000 Da[70]
Hirullin P18Hirudinaria manillensisThrombin exosite-17,000 Da7.8 pM [70, 71]
HaemadinHaemadipsia sylvestrisThrombin catalytic site and exosite-25,000 Da100 fM[61]
TherominTheromyson tessulatum14,941 Da12 fM[62]
TriabinTriatoma pallidipenisThrombin exosite-118,000 Da3 pM [63]
RhodniinRhodinius prolixusThrombin catalytic site11,000 DaKazal-type20 pM[74]
DipetalogastinDipetalogaster maximus11,800 DaKazal-type125 fM [75, 76]]
InfestinTriatoma infestans13,000 DaKazal-type43.5 pM [7779]
BrasiliensinTriatoma brasiliensisKazal-type [80]
Glossina morsitans morsitans3,530 Da584 fM [81, 82]
OrnithodorinOrnithodoros moubataThrombin catalytic siteKunitz-like1 pM[88]
SavigninOrnithodoros savignyiThrombin catalytic site and exosite-112,430 Da4.89 pM [89, 90]
AmblinAmblyomma hebraeum18,000 DaKunitz-like0.02  𝜇 M[92]
BoophilinRhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Thrombin catalytic site and exosite-113,900 DaKunitz-like1.8 nM[93]
AntithrombinBothrops jararacaThrombin catalytic site61,000 Da[95]
Bothrops jararaca inhibitor (BjI)Bothrops jararacaThrombin exosite-21,000,000 Da [96, 97]