Activities of liver enzymes of glycolysis, amino acid metabolism, malate metabolism, gluconeogenesis and glycerol synthesis, in Smelt and Capelin
| Range | Table - link µmol/g/min |
|---|---|
| Organism | Fish |
| Reference | Treberg JR, Lewis JM, Driedzic WR. Comparison of liver enzymes in osmerid fishes: key differences between a glycerol accumulating species, rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax), and a species that does not accumulate glycerol, capelin (Mallotus villosus). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 2002 Jun132(2):433-8. p.435 table 1PubMed ID12020659 |
| Method | All enzyme activities were determined spectrophotometrically with crude homogenate at 20°C on a Beckman DU640 spectrophotometer. Assays were based on the oxidation or reduction of pyridine nucleotides at 340 nm. |
| Comments | The current study was undertaken to establish if certain enzymes in metabolic pathways that may be involved with glycerol production are indeed elevated (in Smelt) when compared with a more closely related confamiliar species that does not accumulate glycerol (Capelin). |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 105844 |