A type 2A protein phosphatase from clam smooth muscle. Use of 4- methylumbelliferyl phosphate as substrate

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-21

  Tsuchiya, Takahide ^a   Ikeda, Nobuyuki ^a   Obara, Kuniaki ^a   Hartshorne, David J ^b  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

4 methylumbelliferyl phosphate; Molluscan smooth (catch) muscle; Protein phosphatase Type 2A

Indexed keywords

HYMECROMONE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLAM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0030730917     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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