Glycolytic, Pentose-Phosphate Shunt and Transaminase Enzymes in Gastrocnemius Muscle, Liver, Heart, and Brain of Two Mouse Mutants, 129 J-dy and A2G-adr, with Abnormal Muscle Function

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Aldolase and phosphoglycerate kinase activity were markedly reduced in muscle from 2 mouse mutants, 129 J-dy and A2G-adr, with abnormal muscle development. The pentose-phosphate shunt enzymes, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, were both greatly increased in the gastrocnemius of 129 J-dy mice, but only the former was slightly increased in A2G-adr muscle. Alanine and aspartate aminotransferase activities were normal or low in 129 J-dy muscle but increased to .apprx. 200% in A2G-adr muscle. Liver from 129 J-dy mice showed increased activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. These findings are compatible with the well-recognized lipid involvement in the 129 J-dy mutant but indicate that an abnormality of amino acid metabolism in relation to energy supply is probably more important in the A2G-adr mutant.

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