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ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE
An enzyme that catalyses the cleavage of inorganicphosphate non-specifically from a wide variety of phosphate esters and having a tall (greater than 8) pH optimum. Found in bacteria, fungi and animals but not in higher plants.
This entry appears with alow from the Vocabulary of Cell and Molecular Biology