Protease P-IIc was purified from the larval gut by gel filtration chromatography.
Protease P-IIc was highly expressed on the last day of the embryo and newly hatched larvae.
Protease P-IIc could degrade 30K protein BmLP1 and Vtn fragments on the last day of embryogenesis.
Downregulation of protease P-IIc affected the utilization of BmLP1 on the last day of embryogenesis.