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The crude lysosomal fraction of corn seedling root tips contains an arylsulphatase (E.C. 3.1.6.1) which hydrolysed p-nitrophenyl sulphate at pH 8.0 but had no activity towards p-nitrocatechol sulphate. The Km value for p-nitrophenyl sulphate was 1.24 mM. The hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl sulphate was linear up to 2 h and the rate was proportional to the amount of enzyme added. The enzyme was strongly inhibited by cyanide, fluoride and phosphate ions and did not resemble the arylsulphatases of bacterial and animal origin.
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Farooqui, A.A., Samiullah & Afridi, M.M.R.K. Arylsulphatase activity of corn (Zea mays L.) seedling roots. Planta 133, 157–160 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00391914
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00391914