Intracellular distribution of fumarase in rat skeletal muscle |
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Authors: | Julian Świerczyński Piotr W.D. Ścisłowski Zenon Aleksandrowicz Mariusz M. Żydowo |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, I.B.M. School of Medicine, 80-211 Gdański, D?binki 1, Poland |
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Abstract: | The distribution of fumarase activity between the mitochondrial and cytoplasmic compartments of rat skeletal muscle was studied using the method of Fatania and Dalziel (Biochim. Biophys. Acta 631 (1980) 11–19), fractional extraction technique and a method based on the calculation of mitochondrial protein content in the tissue and on the determination of fumarase activity both in the tissue homogenate and in the isolated mitochondria. We found 10%, 5% and 0% of the total fumarase activity in the cytoplasm using these methods, respectively. The results suggest that no more than 10% of the total fumarase activity is present in the cytosolic fraction of rat skeletal muscle. The metabolic consequences of such distribution of fumarase in skeletal muscle are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Fumarase Intracellular distribution (Rat skeletal muscle) |
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