Table 2

Peptidase activity of D. melanogaster accessory glands. Results are expressed as the mean of three experiments ± s.e.m

Enzyme activity
Rate of hydrolysis (pmol of 7-AMC released/h/AG)

Cysteine peptidase

     pre-activation
0.7 ± 0.1
     post-activation
4.5 ± 1.3
     post-activation + 0.1 μM E64
0.18 ± 0.01
     post-activation + 0.1 μM K11777
0.25 ± 0.03

Walker et al. Proteome Science 2006 4:9   doi:10.1186/1477-5956-4-9