Comparative characterization of some enterocytic brush border membrane enzymes in mammals and fish.

The properties of the detergent- and protease-forms of alanine aminopeptidase and alkaline phosphatase of enterocytes in rabbits, cows, dogs and trout were investigated. The hydrophobic parts of the enzymes perform not only anchor functions, but also regulatory ones. It is suggested that these functions are of peculiar regularity, but vary in different enzymes of one species as well as in the same enzyme of different species.