After inhibition by bis-p-nitrophenyl phosphate and subsequent staining for esterase using naphthol AS-D acetate as the substrate, a strong lysosomal esterase was demonstrated in the cauda epididymidis of mouse, rat, and man. Owing to its behaviour towards the classifying inhibitors eserine, diisopropyl fluorophosphate, bis-p-nitrophenyl phosphate, and p-chloromercuriphenylsulphonate, this lysosomal esterase was shown to be an acetylesterase (EC 3.1.1.6). Control experiments involving isoelectric focusing revealed that this acetylesterase was identical with the genetically defined homologues ES-17, ES-6, and ES-A4 in mouse, rat, and man, respectively.
I. B. VendikO. G. VendikV. PleskachevM. A. Nikol’ski
B. H. MoecklyLuke S.-J. PengGeorg Fischer
Félix A. MirandaCarl H. MuellerC. D. CubbageK. B. BhasinR. K. SinghS.D. Harkness
Min Hwan KwakYoung Tae KimSeung Eon MoonHan‐Cheol RyuSu‐Jae LeeKwang Yong Kang
Félix A. MirandaCarl H. MuellerFred W. Van KeulsGuru SubramanyamSivaruban Vignesparamoorthy