A method is developed to determine the proteolytic activity of papain by the hydrolysis of protamine sulphate, a low-molecular weight protein rich in arginine. Sensitivity of the method is 20 times as high as sensitivity of the known methods for determination of the enzyme activity by the cleavage of hemoglobin and casein.
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