Interpain A, a Cysteine Proteinase from Prevotella intermedia, Inhibits Complement by Degrading Complement Factor C3

• Michal Potempa,

  Affiliations Lund University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Section of Medical Protein Chemistry, University Hospital Malmö, Malmö, Sweden, Jagiellonian University, Department of Microbiology, Krakow, Poland

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• Jan Potempa,

  Affiliations Jagiellonian University, Department of Microbiology, Krakow, Poland, University of Georgia, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Tomasz Kantyka,

  Affiliation Jagiellonian University, Department of Microbiology, Krakow, Poland

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• Ky-Anh Nguyen,

  Affiliation Westmead Millennium Institute, Institute of Dental Research, Sydney, Australia

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• Katarzyna Wawrzonek,

  Affiliation Jagiellonian University, Department of Microbiology, Krakow, Poland

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• Surya P. Manandhar,

  Affiliation Westmead Millennium Institute, Institute of Dental Research, Sydney, Australia

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• Katarzyna Popadiak,

  Affiliations Lund University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Section of Medical Protein Chemistry, University Hospital Malmö, Malmö, Sweden, Jagiellonian University, Department of Microbiology, Krakow, Poland

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• Kristian Riesbeck,

  Affiliation Lund University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Section of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Malmö, Malmö, Sweden

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• Sigrun Eick,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Jena, Jena, Germany

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• Anna M. Blom

  * E-mail: Anna.Blom@med.lu.se

  Affiliation Lund University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Section of Medical Protein Chemistry, University Hospital Malmö, Malmö, Sweden

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