Relationship between Activity of Pyruvate Kinase and Age of the Normal Human Erythrocyte

MATURE erythrocytes of human beings derive energy chiefly through anaerobic glycolysis. Pyruvate kinase catalyses a key 1,2 , adenosine triphosphate-generating glycolytic reaction. We have examined the relationship between the activity of pyruvate kinase and the age of the normal human red cell.

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Published in:Nature (London) 1965-01, Vol.205 (4970), p.507-507
Main Authors: POWELL, ROBIN D, DEGOWIN, RICHARD L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Centrifugation
Erythrocyte Aging
Erythrocytes
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
Histocytochemistry
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
letter
multidisciplinary
Old Medline
Pyruvate Kinase
Science
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Summary:MATURE erythrocytes of human beings derive energy chiefly through anaerobic glycolysis. Pyruvate kinase catalyses a key 1,2 , adenosine triphosphate-generating glycolytic reaction. We have examined the relationship between the activity of pyruvate kinase and the age of the normal human red cell.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/205507a0