Figure 6.

Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of Ixodes ricinus cathepsin C (IrCC). The depictions of PCR primers, putative 20 AA signal peptide, four potential N-glycosylation sites and active site residues C²⁵⁶, H⁴⁰⁹, Q²⁵⁰ and N⁴³¹ are as in Fig 4.