Cell Biology Poster Session


Re: Poster 296

Stephen Brooks
steve_brooks@hc-sc.gc.ca


On Sun Dec 6, grover wrote
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>Dr. Brooks: Fascinating results.  Hope you are having fun at the meeting. I was really fascinated that PFK had a Q10 of 3.6.  Two questions: is it known what is in the PFK molecular structure which results in such a high Q10?  Is this the same PFK which is present in most mammalian cells or a different isozyme?  Finally, I am glad that this frog does not have to live in the hot weather.
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Thanks for the comments.  We presume that the PFK either exists already in an altered state via phosphorylation to change its physical characteristics or that it must be a radically different isozyme of PFK.  PFK is known to be terribly sensitive to polymerization/depolymerization and temperature may have a significant
role in this process.  As to a PFK with a Q10 of 3.6 already existing -  I don't know of another PFK that has a Q10 in this range but most of the invertebrate PFKs have not been tested for temperature effects by themselves.  

SteveB.


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