Abstract
1. 1. The effects of monovalent cations and inorganic phosphate, on gill AMP deaminase, were compared in different fresh water and sea water stenohaline and euryhaline Teleosts. 2. 2. Generally, sea water species displayed a lower sensitivity to these effectors than fresh water species. 3. 3. During salinity changes, the sensitivity of gill AMP deaminase to cations and phosphate were modified proportionally to the tolerance of a given species to variations of environmental salinity. 4. 4. In particular, these parameters were modified in the weak euryhaline, Salmo gairdneri, but not in the real euryhaline, Anguilla anguilla. 5. 5. In sea water adapted trout, the appearance of a modified AMP deaminase form, with similar properties to that found in sea water species, is suggested. 6. 6. When compared with the conclusions from the preceeding papers [Raflin (1986) Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 85B, 157–162; 85B, 163–171], the results suggest that modification of gill AMP deaminase by limited proteolysis should be a rather general adaptation mechanism to stress.
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