Levels of glycolytic enzymes and metabolites in the red blood cells of the red-legged pademelon, Thylogale stigmatica (macropodidae: marsupialia)

Abstract

1. 1. Haematology, red cell enzymes and metabolites and the rates of lacate production by the red blood cells incubated with different substrates were measured in the blood from a small marsupial, the red-legged pademelon ( Thylogale stigmatica). 2. 2. In comparison with other marsupials of similar body weight, pademelon red cells have lower levels of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and a lower activity of glutathione S-transferase. 3. 3. Red cells incubated with inosine did not produce lactate, a finding which is not uncommon in marsupials.