ABSENCE OF BETA-GALACTOSIDASE (LACTASE) ACTIVITY FROM INTESTINAL BRUSH-BORDERS OF SUCKLING MACROPODS - IMPLICATIONS FOR MECHANISM OF LACTOSE ABSORPTION

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作者
CRISP, EA [1 ]
CZOLIJ, R [1 ]
MESSER, M [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SYDNEY, DEPT BIOCHEM, SYDNEY, NSW 2006, AUSTRALIA
来源
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 1987年 / 88卷 / 03期
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10.1016/0305-0491(87)90265-3
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
1. Neutral .beta.-galactosidase (lactase) activity was absent from crude brush borders of small intestines of three species of suckling macropods (kangaroos and wallabies), even though the intestinal mucosal homogenates had high .beta.-galactosidase activities. 2. These activities were entirely due to an intracellular acid .beta.-galactosidase, probably located in lysosomes. 3. The results suggest that the absorptive-digestive mechanism for lactose in macropods is fundamentally different from that in eutherian mammals.
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页码:923 / 927
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