Modulation of the Root effect in goldfish by ATP and GTP.

Both ATP and GTP are present in considerable amounts in red cells of the common goldfish Carassius auratus. They both influence the Root effect of the single major fish hemoglobin, but GTP is, depending on pH, 2-6 times more effective than ATP. The two triphosphates account for 3/4 of the effect of trichloroacetic acid supernatant obtained from hemolysate which contains still some compound(s) which can influence the shift of the Root effect toward higher pH.