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“Even the smallest replacement, by Ala , resulted in approximately 1000-, approximately 10- and approximately 6000-fold decreased affinities for papain , cathepsin L, and cathepsin B, respectively.”
“The benzyl ester group therefore allowed papain to equally polymerize alanine and glycine, even though the affinity of alanine toward papain is substantially higher.”