Abstract
1. 1. Like other lamprey species, Lampetra planeri displays LDH chains of a single type. Since lampreys are more related to vertebrates than myxines, which do have usual A and B monomers, we suspect that either a gene inactivation or a gene loss occurred in the former group. 2. 2. The characterization of the enzyme gave interesting results. From the standpoint of its affinity for ion exchangers, it behaves as if it is composed of A-type chains. 3. 3. From the standpoint of substrate and product inhibition, it resembles much more closely the B containing isozyme. 4. 4. Since literature reports that the other known single-chained LDH's from lampreys are definitely of the A type, we suggest the possibility that L. planeri enzyme underwent some orthologous evolution which brought it to resemble the heart isozyme.
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