A Manometric Method for Measuring the Activity of the Cl. Welchii Lecithinase and a Description of Certain Properties of This Enzyme

نویسندگان

  • Paul C. Zamecnik
  • Lydia E. Brewster
  • Fritz Lipmann
چکیده

A manometric method has been described for measurement of the activity of Cl. welchii lecithinase. The method depends on displacement of carbon dioxide from a bicarbonate-carbon dioxide-buffered medium by the phosphorylcholine liberated during the enzymatic hydrolysis.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine

دوره 85  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1947