A polypeptide having a serine protease variant of the human granzyme B set forth by SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the serine protease variant has at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 and has a substitution at the position that corresponds structurally or by amino acid sequence homology to position Arg201 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and wherein the serine protease variant has activity to cleave the motif Ile-Glu-Thr-Asp.