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. 1973 Jul;134(3):829–832. doi: 10.1042/bj1340829

The apparent stimulation of proteolysis by adenosine triphosphate in tissue homogenates (Short Communication)

David F Goldspink 1, Alfred L Goldberg 1
PMCID: PMC1177883  PMID: 4749282

Abstract

Reports that ATP promotes proteolysis in tissue homogenates were reinvestigated. Although ATP increased production of material reacting with ninhydrin or Folin–phenol reagent, ATP did not stimulate protein degradation in such extracts. AMP and adenosine acted similarly to ATP. Deamination of the added nucleotides to produce ammonia caused the increase in ninhydrin-positive material.

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