Shylaja, M. and Seshadri, H. S. (1985) Studies on some enzymes of the toad (Bufo melanostictus) testis and their probable role at the time of fertilization. Experientia, 41 (9). pp. 1113-1118. ISSN 0014-4754
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Glycosidases like sialidase, β-galactosidase, α-L-fucosidase, N-acetyl hexosaminidase and proteases were detected in toad testis. Neuraminic acid aldolase activity was also detected. The enzyme activities were found to vary as production of spermatozoa varied. All enzymes, except N-acetyl glucosaminidase, were shown to decrease after injection of toad pituitary extract and they were also found to be absent from testis containing no spermatozoa. The glycosidases were found to act on toad oviduct jelly and they may therefore be involved in the degradation of the jelly after fertilization, into smaller bits, which may be utilized as nutrients by the fertilized zygote. © 1985 Birkhäuser Verlag.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Publisher: Birkhäuser-Verlag |
| Subjects: | C Chemical Science > Biochemistry |
| Divisions: | Department of > Biochemistry |
| Depositing User: | Dhruva Kumar |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2021 10:14 |
| Last Modified: | 18 May 2021 10:14 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/13643 |
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