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. 2020 Nov 26;10:20657. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77687-7

Table 1.

Inhibition constants (Ki) for the FhKT recombinant protein against cysteine and serine proteases inhibited.

Enzyme Inhibition constant (Ki), in nM
rFhKT1a rFhKT1Leu15/Arg15 rFhKT1.3 rFhKT1Arg19/Ala19
Cysteine proteases
F. hepatica Cathepsin L1 0.4 (± 0.1)a 0.7 (± 0.04)a 0.6 (± 0.2) 4.2 (± 0.4)
F. hepatica Cathepsin L2 10 (± 0.3)a 27 (± 1.5)a 10.6 (± 0.3) 35 (± 3.9)
F. hepatica Cathepsin L3 1.8 (± 0.6) 3.6 (± 0.3) 3.2 (± 0.2) 32.8 (± 7)
Human Cathepsin L 1.6 (± 0.1)a 3 (± 0.1)a 2.6 (± 0.5) 0.3 (± 0.004)
Human Cathepsin K 5 (± 0.3)a 5 (± 0.3)a 5.5 (± 0.3) 18.5 (± 2.9)
Serine protease
Bovine Trypsin N.I 1.5 (± 0.7)a 1.8 (± 0.2) N.I

N.I not inhibited.

aAs reported by Smith et al.10.