Abstract
1. The specific activities of β-N-acetylglucosaminidase, acid phosphatase, α-mannosidase, β-glucosidase, UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and alkaline phosphatase have been determined in myxamoebae of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum Ax-2 grown on different media and in different phases of the growth cycle. 2. Variations in enzymic composition occur with changes in growth medium and phase of the growth cycle. 3. The intracellular location of the enzymes studied has been determined. 4. Two enzymes, β-N-acetylglucosaminidase and α-mannosidase, are not only synthesized preferentially as the myxamoebae enter the stationary phase of growth but they are also excreted. The excretion process appears to be specific, because other enzymes that occur in the same intracellular fraction are not excreted.
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