A non-specific esterase activity of hen lysozyme (c-type) has previously been described: histidine was claimed to be involved in this activity. The present letter reports that a histidine-less lysozyme from the duck egg-white (c-type) as well as a goose lysozyme (g-type) possess such an esterase activity determined using p-nitrophenylacetate.
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