title: Digestive Secretion of Dionaea muscipula (Venus's Flytrap).
abstract: The digestive fluid of Dionaea muscipula has been studied with respect to its protein content as a function of time after entrapment of protein material and some enzymes of the secretion. Maximum secretion of enzyme occurs within the first 3 days of the digestive cycle and protein reaches its maximum at 4 days. Phosphatase, proteinase, nuclease and amylase have been observed in the secretion. The enzymes have acid pH optima and the proteinase has a molecular weight of about 40,000.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fundamental Research, Owens-Illinois Technical Center, Toledo, Ohio 43601.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scala
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iott
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Schwab
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Semersky