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Biochemical analyses of partially purified preparations of APH-4 and -6 (common allelic forms) and APH-2 and -10 (rare allelic forms) of D. melanogaster reveal that the two common forms are similar in all properties investigated except for pH optimum (8.0 vs. 8.5). The common and rare forms share certain properties in common but differ in that the common forms are more stable to heat and more sensitive to inhibition by inorganic phosphate. With respect to such properties as substrate preferences and K i values for inorganic phosphate, the common forms and APH-2 are similar to one another, whereas APH-10 is distinctly different. All four activities show preference for a phosphoaromatic compound as substrate, with O-phosphotyrosine being the best substrate of biological origin. Transphosphorylation, as related to these allelic forms of APH, is discussed.
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Paper No. 3892 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina State University Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh, North Carolina. This study was supported by Atomic Energy Commission Contract AT-(40-1-)-3980.
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Harper, R.A., Armstrong, F.B. Alkaline phosphatase of Drosophila melanogaster. II. Biochemical comparison among four allelic forms. Biochem Genet 10, 29–38 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485746
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