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Table 4 Effect of inhibitors on scorpion chymotrypsin-like protease activity

From: A new chymotrypsin-like serine protease involved in dietary protein digestion in a primitive animal, Scorpio maurus: purification and biochemical characterization

Inhibitors

Concentration (mM)

Residual activity (%)

None

 

100

PMSF

1

18

 

5

7

DTNB

1

100

 

5

100

EDTA

1

98

 

5

60

 

10

40

  1. Enzyme activity measured in the absence of any inhibitor was taken as 100%. The remaining protease activity was measured after incubation of enzyme with each inhibitor at 4°C for 15 min.
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Lipids in Health and Disease

ISSN: 1476-511X