title: Metabolic types of muscle in the sheep: II. Lactate dehydrogenase activity and LDH isoenzyme distribution.
abstract: Lactate dehydrogenase activity and isoenzyme distribution were measured in fast-twitch red, slow-twitch red and fast-twitch white muscles in the sheep. Total enzyme activity is higher in fast-twitch muscles irrespective of their colour type. Isoenzymes M4 and H4 bear an inverse relationship, M4 being predominant in fast-twitch red and white muscles, and H4 in heart muscle and slow-twitch red muscles.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology*; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase