... Forward GTATTCAAAAGTGGTCCCGGACAAAATGAG GACTTGReverse TCCGGGACCACTTTTGAATACTTTCAAGTGCATATATTTATTP74G Forward CAAAAGTCTTGGCGGACAAAATGAGGACTTGGTACReverse CATTTTGTCCGCCAAGACTTTTGAATACTT TCAAGTGCQ76G ... contains threedomains resembling family 2 cystatins.Cystatins competitively inhibit the activity of papain-like cysteine proteases by binding to the active site of thelatter and forming a tight, ... minimally,about twofold, from that of wild-type cystatin A (Table 2).Association rate constantsThe kinetics of association of the cystatin A mutantswith papain, cathepsin L and cathepsin B were analyzedÓ...