Why do male mice spit soluble enzymes that hydrolyze extracellular nucleotides? Focus on "Prostatic acid phosphatase is the main acid phosphatase with 5'-ectonucleotidase activity in the male mouse saliva and regulates salivation".
Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri weismang@missouri.edu.
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D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012463:Saliva / Q000201:enzymology*; D012472:Salivation / Q000502:physiology*
D000135:Acid Phosphatase; C428439:prostatic acid phosphatase; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases