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Metabolic types of muscle in the sheep: II. Lactate dehydrogenase activity and LDH isoenzyme distribution

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Lactate dehydrogenase activity and isoenzyme distribution were measured in fast-twitch red, slow-twitch red and fast-twitch white muscles in the sheep. Total enzyme activity is higher in fast-twitch muscles irrespective of their colour type. Isoenzymes M4 and H4 bear an inverse relationship, M4 being predominant in fast-twitch red and white muscles, and H4 in heart muscle and slow-twitch red muscles.

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Abbreviations

ATP:

Adenosine 5′ triphosphate

EDTA:

Ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid

NAD:

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

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  1. Laboratoire de Biochimie, Université de Clermont II, B.P. 45, F-63170, Aubière, France

    M. Briand, Y. Briand & R. Durand

  2. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Theix, F-63110, Beaumont, France

    A. Talmant & G. Monin

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This work was supported in part by DGRST. Comite technologique alimentaire et agricole. Contrat No. 78.700.30

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Briand, M., Talmant, A., Briand, Y. et al. Metabolic types of muscle in the sheep: II. Lactate dehydrogenase activity and LDH isoenzyme distribution. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 46, 359–365 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422123

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