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Adult human testicular tissue contains up to six previously undescribed lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isoenzymes in addition to the five LDH isoenzymes normally found and the sixth found in spermatogenic cells and spermatozoa, LDH-X. Additional LDH isoenzymes were also found in spermatozoa but not in seminal fluid or in serum. After electrophoresis one additional LDH isoenzyme of testicular tissue was localized between LDH-1 and LDH-2, two between LDH-2 and LDH-3, two between LDH-3 and LDH-4, and two between LDH-4 and LDH-5. These localizations indicate that the additional LDH isoenzymes are tetramers combining the A and B subunits of the five normal LDH isoenzymes and the C subunit of LDH-X. The additional LDH isoenzymes may be important in the metabolism of spermatogenic germ cells and spermatozoa.
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Skude, G., von Eyben, F.E. & Kristiansen, P. Additional lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isoenzymes in normal testis and spermatozoa of adult man. Molec Gen Genet 198, 172–174 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328718
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328718