Whole saliva proteases: development of methods for determination of origins.
1) Recognition and characterization of protease activities present in saliva by PAGE examination of substrate protein cleavage patterns appears possible. 2) BSA proteolysis by whole saliva is not due to activities present in the major gland secretions and may be due, in part, to the oral microflora.
D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000201:enzymology; D004229:Dithiothreitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012463:Saliva / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D004229:Dithiothreitol