Exercise: effects on hexokinase activity in red and white skeletal muscle

Science. 1968 Apr 12;160(3824):200-1. doi: 10.1126/science.160.3824.200.

Abstract

Single bouts of exercise increase hexokinase activity in red and white skeletal muscle of guinea pigs. Multiple bouts of exercise cause two-fold increases. In contrast to other enzymes associated with glycolysis, hexokinase activity is higher in red than in white skeletal muscle.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Glycogen / metabolism
  • Glycolysis
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Hexokinase / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Muscle Contraction
  • Muscles / enzymology*
  • Muscles / metabolism
  • NADP / metabolism
  • Physical Exertion*
  • Pigmentation
  • Spectrophotometry

Substances

  • NADP
  • Glycogen
  • Hexokinase