Medical Definition of Alkaline phosphatase
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An enzyme that catalyses the cleavage of inorganic phosphate non-specifically from a wide variety of phosphate esters and having a high (greater than 8) pH optimum. Found in bacteria, fungi and animals but not in higher plants.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(22 Feb 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkaline Phosphatase
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