title: Control of non-respiratory metabolism by tissue oxygen.
abstract: Many intracellular enzymes are activated or inactivated by S-thiolation. The extent of this depends on the local oxygen tension. Thus oxygen should not be considered as an enzyme poison for certain enzymes but as a regulatory of metabolic activity.
authors: Department of Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7622.
authors: I S
authors: IS
authors: Longmuir
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010313:Partial Pressure
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen