ABSTRACT
An investigation has been made of the digestive enzymes of Peripatopsis spp.
The pH of the gut varies between 6·0 and 8·2; it is usually about 7·0.
The salivary glands elaborate amylase, glycogenase, protease and carboxy-polypeptidase.
The gut digestive enzymes consist of invertase, maltase, lipase, esterase, amino- and carboxypolypeptidase and dipeptidase. Gelatin is also liquefied by the gut, but at pH 3·0 only.
The properties of some of the individual enzymes have been examined.
Copyright © 1936 The Company of Biologists Ltd.
1936
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