Sodium-and potassium-activated adenosine triphosphatase of gills: role in adaptation of teleosts to salt water
FH Epstein, AI Katz, GE Pickford - Science, 1967 - science.org
FH Epstein, AI Katz, GE Pickford
Science, 1967•science.orgThe activity of adenosine triphosphatase activated by sodium and potassium ions is greatly
increased in the gill and pseudobranch of the euryhaline killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, after
its adaptation to seawater. Adenosine triphosphatase activity in gills of fish in salt water is
reduced by hypophysectomy. The data suggest that this enzyme is involved in the excretion
of sodium ions by the gill and that the adaptive increase which occurs in seawater is
influenced by the hypophysis.
increased in the gill and pseudobranch of the euryhaline killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, after
its adaptation to seawater. Adenosine triphosphatase activity in gills of fish in salt water is
reduced by hypophysectomy. The data suggest that this enzyme is involved in the excretion
of sodium ions by the gill and that the adaptive increase which occurs in seawater is
influenced by the hypophysis.
The activity of adenosine triphosphatase activated by sodium and potassium ions is greatly increased in the gill and pseudobranch of the euryhaline killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, after its adaptation to seawater. Adenosine triphosphatase activity in gills of fish in salt water is reduced by hypophysectomy. The data suggest that this enzyme is involved in the excretion of sodium ions by the gill and that the adaptive increase which occurs in seawater is influenced by the hypophysis.
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