Demonstration of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase in human term placenta

Experientia. 1991 Jan 15;47(1):67-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02041255.

Abstract

A proteolysed form of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (Fru-P2ase) has been detected and characterized in human term placenta. The extract was found to contain very low levels of activity with an alkaline pH optimum. Western blotting demonstrated a polypeptide of Mr 26,000, instead of the subunit of Mr 36,000 observed in native mammalian Fru-P2ases.

MeSH terms

  • Blotting, Western
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Female
  • Fructose-Bisphosphatase / isolation & purification
  • Fructose-Bisphosphatase / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Kinetics
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Molecular Weight
  • Placenta / enzymology*
  • Pregnancy

Substances

  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Fructose-Bisphosphatase