1xm1 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Hirudo medicinalis and Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
HIRV1_HIRME Hirudin is a potent thrombin-specific protease inhibitor. It forms a stable non-covalent complex with alpha-thrombin, thereby abolishing its ability to cleave fibrinogen.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
↑Song X, Mo W, Liu X, Zhu L, Yan X, Song H, Dai L. The NMR solution structure of recombinant RGD-hirudin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Aug 17;360(1):103-8. Epub 2007 Jun 13. PMID:17585879 doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.014
