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Review
. 1994 May;226(2):121-9.
doi: 10.1016/0009-8981(94)90209-7.

Human prostatic acid phosphatase: selected properties and practical applications

W S Ostrowski  1 , R Kuciel
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Review

Human prostatic acid phosphatase: selected properties and practical applications

W S Ostrowski et al. Clin Chim Acta. 1994 May.

Abstract

Human prostatic acid phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.2) is a non-specific phosphomonoesterase, synthetized and secreted into seminal plasma under androgenic control. The enzyme is a dimer of molecular weight around 100 kDa. Gene coding this protein is localized on chromosome 3. Since many years prostatic phosphatase has been used as a marker of diagnosis and therapy control of cancer of the prostate gland. The biological role of this enzyme, however, remains unknown and needs further exploration.

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