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More model informationSulfo-Hirudin is a potent, naturally occuring thrombin inhibitor and is a drug used for its anti-coagulant properties. i.e. It prevents or dissolves the formation of blood clots and can be used as a drug for blood anti-coagulation.
There exists the natural form of hirudin (sulfo-hirudin) and a therapeautic form. Here, the sulfated form of hirudin is complexed to thrombin, and 5 interactions that allow binding of sulfo-hirudin to thrombin have been highlighted.
By Chloe Jensen & Kate Maneschi.
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