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Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase in Drosophila: Sexual effects on structure

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Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase produced by female Drosophila melanogaster differs from that of males in electrophoretic mobility, kinetics, and thermostability. The enzyme produced by pseudomales is intermediate in kinetics and stability, but resembles that of males in electrophoretic mobility. Stability and kinetics are affected by growth temperature in pseudomales.

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  1. Donald J. Komma

    Present address: Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

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This research was supported by NIH grants, Nos. 5-T1-GM 216-06 and GM 12768-01 and NSF grants GB 4587 and GB 4824.

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Komma, D.J. Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase in Drosophila: Sexual effects on structure. Biochem Genet 1, 337–346 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00491489

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