Postnatal changes in the levels of 2,3-diaphosphoglycerate, reduced glutathione and some enzyme activities in the erythrocytes of lambs.
The concentration of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate, and the activities of the enzymes hexokinase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, glutathione reductase and NADH-dependent methaemoglobin reductase in the erythrocytes of newborn and adult sheep were investigated. All the enzyme activities and the concentration of 2,3-diaphosphoglycerate were found to be significantly greater in the erythrocytes of newborn lambs than in those of adult sheep.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000097:blood*; D042966:Cytochrome-B(5) Reductase / Q000097:blood; D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids / Q000097:blood*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000201:enzymology; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D005978:Glutathione / Q000097:blood*; D012756:Sheep / Q000097:blood*
D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D042966:Cytochrome-B(5) Reductase; D005978:Glutathione