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Coupling of Dismutations with Esterification of Phosphate in Muscle

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THE disappearance of free phosphate during glycogenolysis in muscle extract is a striking phenomenon. One mechanism by which this occurs has recently been elucidated by Parnas and his colleagues1, who showed that, even in long-dialysed extracts, phosphate and glycogen can react together giving hexosemonophosphate. This reaction is poisoned by M/100 phloridzin, but not by M/400 iodoacetic acid. We have observed a second method of phosphate esterification.

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    DOROTHY M. NEEDHAM & R. K. PILLAI

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NEEDHAM, D., PILLAI, R. Coupling of Dismutations with Esterification of Phosphate in Muscle. Nature 140, 64–65 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140064b0

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