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Staphylococcal proteases degrade C3 and C5. C3 and C5 (0.2 μM each) were incubated with serial dilutions of ScpA (a), SspB (b), V8 (c) and Aur (d). Incubations were carried out for 2.5 h at 37°C, with proteins then separated by SDS-PAGE. All gels were stained with silver salts.