Figure 5.

Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of Ixodes ricinus cathepsin L (IrCL). The depictions of PCR primers, putative 16 AA signal peptide, two potential N-glycosylation sites and active site residues C¹⁴³, H²⁶², Q¹³⁷ and N²⁸² are as in Fig 4.