Table II.
Ki values of the barley cystatins against cathepsin L-like proteases from commercial origin (papain) and from barley expressed as recombinant proteins in E. coli cultures (HvPap-4, HvPap-6, HvPap-10, and HvPap-16)
No inhibitory activity (ni) was observed at 5 mm concentration of the cystatin.
| Cystatin | Ki | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papain | HvPap-4 | HvPap-6 | HvPap-10 | HvPap-16 | |
| m | |||||
| HvCPI-1 | 2.0 × 10−8 | 1.2 × 10−7 | 1.0 × 10−7 | 4.1 × 10−9 | 1.2 × 10−7 | 
| HvCPI-2 | 5.1 × 10−8 | 1.0 × 10−8 | 2.3 × 10−9 | 3.4 × 10−10 | 6.2 × 10−9 | 
| HvCPI-3 | 4.0 × 10−8 | ni | 1.6 × 10−8 | 1.9 × 10−6 | 6.4 × 10−7 | 
| HvCPI-4 | 2.2 × 10−7 | 1.4 × 10−7 | 2.2 × 10−8 | 7.2 × 10−8 | 4.0 × 10−7 | 
| HvCPI-5 | 6.3 × 10−8 | 8.1 × 10−9 | 6.6 × 10−8 | 1.3 × 10−8 | 8.2 × 10−8 | 
| HvCPI-6 | 1.7 × 10−9 | 1.3 × 10−7 | 9.4 × 10−8 | 2.8 × 10−9 | 2.5 × 10−9 | 
| HvCPI-7 | ni | ni | ni | ni | ni | 
| HvCPI-8 | 1.0 × 10−8 | 4.9 × 10−8 | 9.3 × 10−8 | 4.3 × 10−9 | 2.9 × 10−8 | 
| HvCPI-9 | 1.4 × 10−9 | 4.7 × 10−8 | 1.3 × 10−8 | 2.1 × 10−7 | 1.3 × 10−7 | 
| HvCPI-10 | 3.3 × 10−7 | 6.9 × 10−7 | 3.3 × 10−6 | ni | 1.0 × 10−5 | 
| HvCPI-11 | 8.2 × 10−8 | 7.0 × 10−7 | 2.9 × 10−7 | 7.0 × 10−7 | 4.3 × 10−6 | 
| HvCPI-12 | ni | ni | ni | ni | ni | 
| HvCPI-13 | 1.4 × 10−6 | 1.9 × 10−6 | 1.2 × 10−6 | ni | ni |