Studies on prephenoloxidase-activating enzyme from cuticle of the silkworm Bombyx mori. I. Activation reaction by the enzyme.

Animals Apoproteins Bombyx/enzymology Catechol Oxidase/antagonists & inhibitors,isolation & purification,metabolism Cations, Divalent Cations, Monovalent Chloromercuribenzoates/pharmacology Chromatography Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose Chromatography, Gel Enzyme Activation Enzyme Precursors Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Hydroxyapatites Kinetics Monophenol Monooxygenase Serine Endopeptidases Spectrophotometry Sulfhydryl Reagents/pharmacology Tyrosine/metabolism

Apoproteins Cations, Divalent Cations, Monovalent Chloromercuribenzoates Enzyme Precursors Hydroxyapatites Sulfhydryl Reagents Tyrosine Catechol Oxidase Monophenol Monooxygenase Serine Endopeptidases prephenoloxidase-activating enzyme