- On the interaction between synthetic detergents and enzymatic proteins.
On the interaction between synthetic detergents and enzymatic proteins.
Eight highly purified and crystalline enzymes representative of fundamental metabolic pathways and of cellular structure were tested with seven detergents. The enzyme-detergent interaction was studied as a time-independent (inhibition) or time-dependent (inactivation) phenomenon. Our results imply a specificity of detergent action on the enzymes studied.