Cleavage specificity of recombinant Giardia intestinalis cysteine proteases: Degradation of immunoglobulins and defensins

Giardia intestinalis is a protozoan parasite and the causative agent of giardiasis, a common diarrheal disease. Cysteine protease (CP) activities have been suggested to be involved in Giardia’s pathogenesis and we have recently identified and characterized three secreted Giardia CPs; CP14019, CP16160 and CP16779. Here we have studied the cleavage specificity of these CPs using substrate phage display and recombinant protein substrates. The phage...