ALDOLASE ACTIVITY IN CONFUSED FLOUR BEETLE, TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM DUVAL (TENEBRIONIDAE, COLEOPTERA)
- 31 January 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 44 (2) , 155-159
- https://doi.org/10.1139/o66-019
Abstract
Certain biochemical characteristics of aldolase in Tribolium confusum homogenate have been determined. The Michaelis constant (Km) has been calculated to be 1.2 × 10−3 M. The effect of various inhibitors suggests that T. confusum aldolase resembles muscle aldolase.Intracellular localization of the enzymatic activity shows that aldolase is contained mainly in the soluble fraction and to a less extent, in an unbound form, in nuclei.Aldolase activity has been demonstrated in relation to various stages in the life cycle of this insect. Such a study reveals that the Embden-Meyerhof glycolytic pathway is not a prominent energy-yielding pathway in T. confusum.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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