In mineralizing hamster molars, the influence of several inhibitors on p-NPP-ase has been demonstrated, and compared with their effect on PPi-ase, known to belong to the same enzyme. Whereas the latter activity is much more physiological, p-NPP is a better substrate to distinguish between the effects of bivalent cations on the enzyme or the substrate.
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