Table 2

Kinetic parameters of AMPD in crude extracts of skeletal muscle from control (5°C-acclimated) and 24 h frozen wood frogs.


S0.5 AMP (mM)
nH

Control


Free AMPD
2.16 ± 0.11 b
1.76 ± 0.06 bc
Bound AMPD
0.46 ± 0.03 ac
1.03 ± 0.07 ac
Frozen


Free AMPD
2.19 ± 0.15 b
2.76 ± 0.10 ab
Bound AMPD
1.50 ± 0.19 abc
1.12 ± 0.09 a

Data are means ± SEM, for determinations on muscle preparations from n = 4 individual frogs S0.5 is the substrate concentration that produces half-maximal enzyme velocity; nH is the Hill coefficient. Significantly different from a the corresponding value for free AMPD from control frogs, b the corresponding value for bound AMPD from control frogs, or c the corresponding value for free AMPD from frozen frogs using the Student's t test, P < 0.05.

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