1969/03/01 by James Scala, K. Iott, D. W. Schwab +1 · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Energy · Chemistry · #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies #Light effects on plants #Algal biology and biofuel production #Secretion #Amylase #Enzyme #Biochemistry #Acid phosphatase #Chemistry #Function (biology) #Biology #Cell biology
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openalex publication_date 1969/03/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The digestive fluid of Dionaea muscipula has been studied with respect to its protein content as a function of time after entrapment of protein material and some enzymes of the secretion. Maximum secretion of enzyme occurs within the first 3 days of the digestive cycle and protein reaches its maximum at 4 days. Phosphatase, proteinase, nuclease and amylase have been observed in the secretion. The enzymes have acid pH optima and the proteinase has a molecular weight of about 40,000.