Autoproteolytic activity in the seminal plasma of the domestic fowl.
Acid and neutral proteolytic activity was found in chicken seminal plasma. This proteolytic activity can markedly change the plasma polypeptide pattern due to partial protein degradation.
D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D015260:Neprilysin; D012661:Semen / Q000201:enzymology*
D010450:Endopeptidases; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D015260:Neprilysin