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. 2015 Feb 24;8:122. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0743-3

Table 1.

Cystatins dissociation constants (KIs) for different proteases

Enzyme Family Enzyme concentration Ki (nM)
rBrBmcys2b rBrBmcys2c rJpIocys2a
Cathepsin B 1 Cysteine protease 0.500 μM 0.82 ± 0.35 n.i. 154.70 ± 106.71
Cathepsin C 1 Cysteine protease 0.160 μM 26.65 ± 6.75 0.45 ± 0.12 >1 μM
Cathepsin L 2 Cysteine protease 0.043 μM 2.48 ± 1.00 28.45 ± 2.34 4.39 ± 1.76
Cathepsin G 2 Serine protease 0.100 μM n.i n.i. n.i.

n.i., not inhibited in the presence of 0.5 μM recombinant cystatin.

1Bovine cathepsin.

2Human cathepsin.