title: Autoproteolytic activity in the seminal plasma of the domestic fowl.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D015260:Neprilysin; D012661:Semen / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D010450:Endopeptidases; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D015260:Neprilysin