Pulmonary and hepatic activities of membrane-bound enzymes in man and rat

H. Bodanszky, O. Greengard, T. Den

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Abstract

The lung of adult man contains several times more 5'-nucleotidase (EC 3.1.3.5), alkaline phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1) and γ-glutamyl-transpeptidase (EC 2.3.2.2) per gram than does that of the 12- to 16-week fetus. In rat lung, too, there is a drastic developmental rise in these activities. Opposite changes in two of the enzymes occur during hepatic differentiation: alkaline phosphatase decreases in the rat, and γ-glutamyl-transpeptidase is ten times higher in the fetal than in the adult liver of both species.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)97-101
Number of pages5
JournalEnzyme
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1980
Externally publishedYes

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