Phosphorylase Kinase of the Liver: Deficiency in a Girl with Increased Hepatic Glycogen
- 23 September 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 153 (3743) , 1534-1535
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.153.3743.1534
Abstract
Studies of a child with glycogenosis revealed an increased concentration of glycogen and low phosphorylase activity in her liver. Using mixtures of homogenates of the patient's liver and of normal liver, we found the low phosphorylase activity to be caused by a deficiency of phosphorylase kinase and not of hepatic phosphorylase. The fact that phosphorylase activity was restored to normal values by the addition of phosphorylase b kinase from rabbit muscle substantiates this conclusion.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Glycogen Storage Disease, Types II, III, VIII, and IXAmerican Journal of Diseases of Children, 1966
- Hepatic Phosphorylase DefectAmerican Journal of Diseases of Children, 1966
- Imbalance of liver phosphorylase and accumulation of hepatic glycogen in a girl with progressive disease of the brainThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1965
- Menghini Needle Biopsy of the LiverArchives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1960