Enzyme Activity Determinations in Bone and Cartilage
- 1 July 1970
- journal article
- review article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Enzymologia Biologica Et Clinica
- Vol. 11 (1-2) , 130-153
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000458350
Abstract
The data on bone and cartilage enzymology available in the literature and gained by our own experiments were reviewed and discussed in respect to their metabolic significance in bone and cartilage cell metabolism. Enzyme distribution patterns of main metabolic pathway enzymes reflect the metabolic features of these tissues suggesting a predominant anaerobic energy and intermediary metabolism. Enzyme activities of matrix components synthesizing enzymes as well as degrading enzymes are responsible for the maintainance of the biological steady state of the macromolecular matrix components which enables bone and cartilage tissue to perform their specific biological functions.Keywords
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