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. 2021 Apr 15;22:271. doi: 10.1186/s12864-021-07578-2

Table 2.

Summary of identified digestive proteases

Category of protease Nr annotated contig Proteome identified Percentage
Aminopeptidase 148 26 18%
Carboxypeptidase 89 12 13%
Dipeptidase 46 11 24%
Aspartic protease a 39 8 21%
Cathepsin B-like 68 14 21%
Cathepsin L-like 197 18 10%
Serine protease b 343 40 12%
Total 930 129 14%

a Aspartic protease includes cathepsin D and aspartic protease

b Serine protease includes trypsin, chymotrypsin and elastase