Table 1.

Effect of protease inhibitors on the proteolytic activity of the 80 kDa protease of ESP by Toxoplasma gondii

^a)Control represents the activity tested without any inhibitors.

AEBSF: 4-(2-aminoethyl)benzenesulfonyl fluoride

PMSF: phenylmethysulfonyl fluoride

TPCK: N-tosyl-L-phenyl-alanine chloromethyl ketone

TLCK: N-a-p-tosyl-L-lysin chloromethyl ketone

E-64: trans-epoxysuccinyl-L-leucylamino-(4-guanidino) butane

EDTA: Ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid

EGTA: Ethylene glycol-bis-(2-aminoethyl)-N,N,N',N' tetraacetic acid