Zymogen Granules in Enzyme Liberation and Activation in Pea Seeds
- 13 December 1968
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 162 (3859), 1283-1284
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3859.1283
Abstract
Pea seeds have zymogen-like granules that contain an inactive form of the enzyme amylopectin-1,6-glucosidase. The enzyme can be liberated from the particles in the inactive form and can then be activated by limited proteolysis with trypsin.Keywords
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