The kinetics of the amidase and esterase activities of trypsin.

In previous reports from this laboratory investigations of the specific esterase activity of trypsin (1) and of the detailed kinetics of the hydrolysis of specific substrates by chymotrypsin and by carboxypeptidsse have been reported (2, 3). In the present paper a reinvestigation of the kinetics of the action of trypsin on benzoyl-L-argininamide and the results of kinetic studies of the action of trypsin on a series of esters of benzoylarginine are presented.