ISSN:
1040-452X
Schlagwort(e):
Glycolytic pathway
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Maturation
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Pentose phosphate pathway
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Rate limiting enzyme
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Tricarboxylic acid cycle
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Life and Medical Sciences
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Cell & Developmental Biology
Quelle:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Thema:
Biologie
Notizen:
Enzyme activities were determined quantitatively in individual rat oocytes to study their energy metabolism during maturation. Low hexokinase activity and high activities of lactate dehydrogenase and enzymes in the phosphate pathway, i.e., glucose 6-P and 6-P gluconate dehydrogenases, were characteristic of immature oocytes. Hexokinase may be a rate-limiting enzyme that enables oocytes to use glucose as an energy source. During maturation, the activities of hexokinase, phospho-fructokinase, and malate dehydrogenase increased significantly, suggesting that the glycolytic pathway, as well as the tricarboxylic acid cycle, developed as the first meiotic division proceeded. In contrast, the activities of glucose 6-P and 6-P gluconate dehydrogenases decreased in maturing oocytes. The observation that the enzyme pattern in mature oocytes resembles more closely that in somatic cells appears to be significant, especially in light of previous studies showing this developmental trend in preimplantation embryos. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Zusätzliches Material:
2 Ill.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrd.1080330315
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