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Summary
Inhibition studies, carried out using a partially purified L-asparaginase 2 preparation, have indicated that tobacco smoke and a number of reactive smoke components do not cause inhibition. Of the smoke components studied, only acrolein was inhibitory and this inhibition was found to be more marked at pH 8.4 than at pH 5.0. The -SH specific reagents, sodium arsenite and p-hydroxymercuribenzoate did not inhibit the enzyme.
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