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MUCH of the literature on the activation and inactivation of papain1,2,3,4 supports the hypothesis that there is an essential SH group in the active enzyme.
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BALLS, A., LINEWEAVER, H. Nature of a Group in Papain Essential to its Activity*. Nature 144, 513 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144513a0
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