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THE existence of glutaminase in bacteria has been demonstrated1–3. However, to our knowledge no work has been done on other micro-organisms such as Protozoa. Little is known on the enzymatic make-up of Endamoeba histolytica 4. Recently, proteolytic enzymes were demonstrated in the amoebae5. Since a method became available for obtaining large quantities of bacteria-free amoebae6,7an investigation was undertaken to study the glut-amine hydrolysing enzyme in this organism.
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NAKAMURA, M., GOLDSTEIN, L. Occurrence of Glutaminase in Endamoeba histolytica . Nature 179, 1134 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791134a0
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