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Activity of Malic Dehydrogenase of the Symbionts and Fat Bodies of a Cockroach

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MALIC dehydrogenase is an enzyme of the tricarboxylic acid cycle which catalyses the oxidation of malate to oxalacetate in the presence of NAD+. It has been found in the fat bodies of the cockroaches, Blatella germanica and Periplaneta americana1–3, as well as in similar tissues of the locust, Locusta migratoria4. The purpose of our investigation was, therefore, to determine whether the activity of this enzyme in the fat bodies of the cockroach, Leucophaea maderae, is caused solely by the action of these tissues, the symbionts, or both.

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TARVER, R., PIERRE, L. Activity of Malic Dehydrogenase of the Symbionts and Fat Bodies of a Cockroach. Nature 213, 208–209 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213208a0

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