Biochemical Aspects of a Serine Protease from Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Brazilwood) Seeds: A Potential Tool to Access the Mobilization of Seed Storage Proteins

Figure 4

Salt influence on CeSP activity. Hydrolysis of H-D-Pro-Phe-Arg-pNA by CeSP was determined in absence or presence of (a) NaCl (●), NaBr (■), NaI (▲), Na₂SO₄ (◊), NaH₂PO₄ (°), and NaC₂H₃O₂ (♦); (b) KCl (●), NaCl (♦), NH₄Cl (°), MgCl₂ (□), and CaCl₂ (■).

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