title: Changes in enzyme binding and activity during aestivation in the frog Neobatrachus pelobatoides.
abstract: 1. The proportion of aldolase and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) associated with the particulate fraction of a cell was measured in aestivating and non-aestivating Neobatrachus pelobatoides. 2. Reduced binding of these enzymes was found in the brain, indicating lower glycolytic flux. This was not correlated to metabolic rate suggesting that glycolytic rate was reduced in this tissue in the early stages of aestivation, possibly due to a change in fuel use. 3. Measurement of total enzyme levels showed that the liver of aestivating frogs had less GAPDH and less aldolase than non-aestivating frogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Nedlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flanigan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Withers
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guppy
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004956:Estivation / Q000502:physiology*; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006019:Glycolysis; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011898:Ranidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase