A prostatic-like acid phosphatase is present in human lactating milk
โ Scribed by Osvaldo L. Podhajcer; Jorge E. Filmus; Jose Mordoh
- Book ID
- 104674743
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 308 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-8177
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โฆ Synopsis
The presence of a prostatic-like acid phosphatase is reported in human lactating milk. Its activity is associated with skim milk and it could be separated from the other acid phosphatases only after Triton X-100 treatment. By all the criteria applied, it appears to be very similar to prostatic acid phosphatase. An approximate molecular weight of 96 000 was measured for the native enzyme, which is inhibited by L-(+)tartrate and has similar electrophoretic migration. Besides, it hydrolyzes choline-o-phosphate very well and cross-reacts with an antibody anti-prostatic acid phosphatase. This prostatic-like acid phosphatase has also been detected in a human mammary carcinoma from a lactating patient.
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