| Literature DB >> 16742560 |
P McLean1, J Brown, E Walters, K Greenslade.
Abstract
Comparison has been made of the effect of alloxan-diabetes on the multiple forms of hexokinase (EC 2.7.1.1) in adipose tissue and lung. Types I and II hexokinase were distinguished in adipose tissue by their different stabilities to heat treatment, which made it possible to determine the activity of each form spectrophotometrically; additional confirmatory evidence was obtained from starch-gel electrophoresis. Type II hexokinase was markedly depressed in adipose tissue from alloxan-diabetic rats. Lung contained types I, II and III hexokinase, type I predominating. There was no significant change in the pattern of these multiple forms of hexokinase in lung from alloxan-diabetic rats. These results are discussed in relation to current ideas that the insulin-sensitivity of a tissue may be correlated with the content of type II hexokinase.Entities:
Year: 1967 PMID: 16742560 PMCID: PMC1198455 DOI: 10.1042/bj1051301
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857