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Characterization of phosphofructokinase-deficient canine erythrocytes

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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Dogs homozygously affected with muscle-type phosphofructokinase (PFK) deficiency had about 20% of normal erythrocyte PFK activity and exhibited a compensated haemolytic anaemia. Erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate and fructose-6-phosphate concentrations were increased and dihydroxyacetone phosphate and 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate values were below normal in affected dogs. Other intermediates distal to the PFK step were not significantly below normal and fructose-1,6-bisphosphate was even above normal. Erythrocyte ATP was higher than normal in affected dogs owing to the reticulocytes present. Abnormal adenylate metabolism was demonstrated by low ATP/AMP and ADP/AMP ratios and the inability to maintain ATP content when affected erythrocytes were incubated with cyanide. Glucose-1,6-bisphosphate content was normal, and fructose-2,6-bisphosphate content in affected canine erythrocytes was higher than normal. Studies of erythrocyte PFK isozymes revealed altered enzyme kinetic properties in affected dogs which appeared to be due to the loss of the M-type subunit.

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  1. Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 32610-0144, Gainesville, FL

    J. W. Harvey & M. G. Pate

  2. Department of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 62794-9230, Springfield, IL, USA

    Y. Mhaskar & G. A. Dunaway

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Harvey, J.W., Pate, M.G., Mhaskar, Y. et al. Characterization of phosphofructokinase-deficient canine erythrocytes. J Inherit Metab Dis 15, 747–759 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01800017

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