Type: | Family | Name: | Apyrase |
Description: | This family consists of several eukaryotic apyrase (or adenosine diphosphatase) proteins (), and related nucleoside diphosphatases (). The salivary apyrases of blood-feeding arthropods are nucleotide hydrolysing enzymes implicated in the inhibition of host platelet aggregation through the hydrolysis of extracellular adenosine diphosphate []. | Short Name: | Apyrase |