eco
Function
General inhibitor of pancreatic serine proteases: inhibits chymotrypsin, trypsin, elastases, factor X, kallikrein as well as a variety of other proteases. The strength of inhibition does not appear to be correlated with a particular protease specificity.
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the protease inhibitor I11 (ecotin) family.
Cellular localization
- Periplasm
Alternative names
eti, b2209, JW2197, eco, Ecotin