Table 4

Adenylate activation of wood frog skeletal muscle AMPD from control versus frozen frogs


Control
Frozen



Free AMPD
Bound AMPD
Free AMPD
Bound AMPD

Ka Mg·ATP, mM
1.90 ± 0.03
NE
0.63 ± 0.04 a
NE
Mg·ATP fold-activation
1.53 ± 0.09
NE
2.69 ± 0.20 a
NE
Ka Mg·ADP, mM
1.12 ± 0.15 b
3.75 ± 0.37
0.54 ± 0.02 ab
1.14 ± 0.10 a
Mg·ADP fold-activation
2.17 ± 0.29
1.25 ± 0.21
5.01 ± 0.69 a
3.42 ± 0.24 a

Data are means ± SEM, for determinations on Sephadex G50-filtered muscle extracts from n = 4 individual frogs. Significantly different from a the corresponding value in control frogs, b the corresponding value for bound AMPD in control frogs, by the Student's t-test, P < 0.05. NE, no effect. Ka is the activator concentration that produces half-maximal activation; values were determined at 0.5 mM AMP. Ka and fold activation values were calculated using a nonlinear least-squares regression kinetics program [39].

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