title: Variation in the catalytic potential of AMP deaminase during muscular fatigue.
abstract: Substrate- and co-factor-dependent kinetics of AMP deaminase were studied in normal and fatigued gastrocnemius muscles of frog. Normal muscle enzyme showed greater enzyme co-factor affinity than enzyme-substrate affinity as evinced by low Kp values. Fatigue phenomenon was found to decrease the catalytic efficiency of the enzyme by lowering the enzyme-substrate affinity more than the enzyme-co-factor affinity and enhancing activation energy values. Present study elucidates the low level of operation of adenine nucleotide deamination involving AMP-deaminase reacting-system during prolonged contractile stress.
mesh_terms: D000659:AMP Deaminase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005221:Fatigue / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007700:Kinetics; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000502:physiology; D009709:Nucleotide Deaminases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011898:Ranidae
chemical_list: D009709:Nucleotide Deaminases; D000659:AMP Deaminase