Different timing of increases in activities of four X-chromosome linked enzymes during the cell cycle of synchronized human lymphoblasts

Abstract

A permanent human lymphoblast culture was synchronized with repetitive thymidine blocks, and the changes in the levels of activity of four X-chromosome-linked enzymes were followed during the cell cycle. The four enzymes studied were phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK), α-galactosidase (α-Gal), hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT), and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD). The levels of PGK and α-Gal activities increased simultaneously in G1 and in S, while HGPRT and G6PD increased close together in middle and late S. Therefore, different control mechanisms may be involved in the increases of the activities of these two sets of enzymes.