Branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase activity in the tissues of lake trout

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B: Comparative Biochemistry
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Abstract

1. The enzyme branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase (BCAT) was found in five tissues of fingerling lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, (listed in order of decreasing tissue specific activity): posterior kidney, skeletal muscle, gill, liver, and anterior kidney.

2. This pattern is consistent with that found in other animals.

3. The results of this study seem to indicate that BCAT in the liver of lake trout has a higher specific activity than that of the rat and that the specific activity is higher in both the liver and skeletal muscle than it is in these organs of the chick.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase activity in the tissues of lake trout
Series title Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B: Comparative Biochemistry
DOI 10.1016/0305-0491(83)90270-5
Volume 76
Issue 3
Year Published 1983
Language English
Publisher Elsevier
Contributing office(s) Leetown Science Center
Description 3 p.
First page 429
Last page 431
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