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Pyrophosphatase Activity of Brain Tissue

Nature volume 164, pages 579–580 (1949)Cite this article

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AN enzyme capable of hydrolysing inorganic pyrophosphate was demonstrated in muscle by Lohmann1. It has also been found in various other tissues2–4 and organisms5,6, and its properties have been examined in detail in preparations obtainable from yeast7 and from erythrocytes8. The system does not, however, appear to have been demonstrated previously in brain tissue ; accordingly, it may be of interest to quote some experiments on the magnesium-activated pyrophosphatase activity of rat brain, carried out here as part of a more comprehensive investigation of brain phosphatases.

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GORDON, J. Pyrophosphatase Activity of Brain Tissue. Nature 164, 579–580 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164579b0

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