title: Are the unusual morphological and physiological features of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) paralleled at the molecular level? A study on A4 (muscle-type) isozyme of its lactate dehydrogenase.
abstract: A4 (muscle-type) Lactate Dehydrogenase was purified to homogeneity from Dermochelys coriacea. The steady-state kinetic features of the enzyme show remarkable similarities with those displayed by many other heterothermal LDH's from cold-blooded vertebrates.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biopatologia Umana, Università di Roma (La Sapienza), Policlinico Umberto I, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferracin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caglia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Falci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pannunzio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dell'Agata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007700:Kinetics; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology*; D014426:Turtles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase