ENZYMES IN ONTOGENESIS (ORTHOPTERA) : XIII. ACTIVATION OF PROTYROSINASE AND THE OXIDATION OF ASCORBIC ACID
1. Protyrosinase from the egg of the grasshopper, Melanoplus differentialis, can be activated by excess sodium oleate or Aerosol. 2. The 3:4 quinone products of the reaction of activated protyrosinase with tyramine or tyrosine will oxidize ascorbic acid to dehydroascorbic acid. 3. The velocity of t...
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The Rockefeller University Press
1940
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2142065/ |