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Production Of Digestive Enzymes Along The Gut Of The Giant Keyhole Limpet Megathura Crenulata, Gary Martin, Alanna Martin, Whitney Tsai
Production Of Digestive Enzymes Along The Gut Of The Giant Keyhole Limpet Megathura Crenulata, Gary Martin, Alanna Martin, Whitney Tsai
Gary Martin
The esophagus and intestine form the longest regions of the digestive tract in the giant keyhole limpet and are lined by epithelial cells sharing a common morphology and releasing materials into the gut lumen by apocrine secretion. The purpose of this study was to determine if these morphologically similar regions release similar digestive enzymes and compare their contributions to digestive enzymes released from other regions of the gut. Principal component analysis of enzymes detected by the API ZYM system for 19 enzymes plus EnzChek assays for protease, α-amylase, lipase, cellulase, and lysozyme identify four distinct regions of the gut: 1) …