Summary
Silk glands ofBombyx mori contain an acid phosphomonoesterase with optimal activity at pH 4,2–5,0. An alkaline pyrophosphatase was found to be active at pH 7,96.
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Denucé, J.M. Recherches sur le système phosphatasique des glandes séricigènes chez le ver à soie (Bombyx mori L.). Experientia 8, 64–65 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02139023
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