Proteolytic activity in the fat body dur
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Yaginuma, Toshinobu ;Ushizima, Miwa
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Article
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1991
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Proteolytic activity with an optimum pH of 4.0 was found in fat bodies of 5 to 6 dayโold female pupae of the silkworm, __Bombyx mori__, using azocoll as a synthetic substrate. The activity was strongly inhibited by __p__โchloromercuric benzoate at 0.5 mM, although inhibitory effect of s