Urinary-Trypsin Inhibitor is a glucoprotein proteinase inhibitor with a molecular weight of about 67,000 derived from human urine which inhibits the activity of trypsin, chymotrypsin, lactate, lipase, hyaluronidase and various pancreatic enzymes. Ulinastatin is has strong inhibition effect to various protease, sugar and fat hydrolase. Ulinastatin precursor is proteolytically processed into distinct functioning proteins. Uristatin gene is located on chromosome 9 in a cluster of lipocalin genes. Bikunin localizes cell membrane. Free uristatin and bikunin pass readily into urine and are primarily bound to heavy chains that constitute the proinhibitor form in plasma. Ulinastatin particularly interacts with ORF3 protein of hepatitis E virus and in charge for enhancing alpha microglobulin export from the hepatocyte.

