Table 1

AMPD maximal activity (Vmax) and partitioning between free and bound forms in skeletal muscle from control (5°C-acclimated) and 24 h frozen frogs.


Vmax (U/gww)
% of total activity

Control


Free AMPD
17.6 ± 1.53
79.7 ± 6.46
Bound AMPD
4.5 ± 0.03
20.3 ± 0.13
Total
22.1 ± 1.56
100.0

Frozen


Free AMPD
17.8 ± 0.69
64.6 ± 2.07 a
Bound AMPD
9.8 ± 0.03 a
35.4 ± 0.09 a
Total
27.6 ± 0.72 a
100.0

Data are expressed as units per gram wet weight (U/gww), means ± SEM, for determinations on muscle preparations from n = 8 individual frogs. a Significantly different from the corresponding value in control muscle by the Student's t-test, P < 0.05; percentage data were evaluated after arcsine √ transformation of the raw data.

Dieni and Storey BMC Biochemistry 2008 9:12   doi:10.1186/1471-2091-9-12