[The role of malate dehydrogenase in adaptation to hypoxia in invertebrates].
In muscle tissue of lamellibranch molluscs and crustaceans (cf. Table for the species studied), high levels of malate dehydrogenase and low ones of lactade dehydrogenase were detected. There is a direct relationship between the value of MDH/LDH ratio and the capacity of organisms to withstand temporary anaerobiosis. Animals with high ratio may adapt to hypoxia by transition from aerobic metabolism to anaerobic one.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D003445:Crustacea / Q000201:enzymology*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000201:enzymology*; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008974:Mollusca / Q000201:enzymology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology; D013045:Species Specificity
D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase
Rol' malatdegidrogenazy bespozvonochnykh v adaptatsii k defitsitu kisloroda