| Term: | scale alkaline phosphatase activity |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | scale |
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| Synonyms: | scales |
| Definition: | Dermal bone that is thin, flexible, and platelike, and that develops in overlapping skinfolds that cover the body and often the head of fish and the bases of the fins. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000277] |
| Name: | alkaline phosphatase activity |
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| Synonyms: | alkaline phenyl phosphatase activity, alkaline phosphohydrolase activity, alkaline phosphomonoesterase activity, glycerophosphatase activity, orthophosphoric-monoester phosphohydrolase (alkaline optimum), phosphate-monoester phosphohydrolase (alkaline optimum), phosphomonoesterase activity |
| Definition: | Catalysis of the reaction: an orthophosphoric monoester + H2O = an alcohol + phosphate, with an alkaline pH optimum. |
| Ontology: | GO: Molecular Function [GO:0004035] QuickGO AmiGO |