Regulatory features of glycogen phosphorylase from frog brain (Rana temporaria)

1. Glycogen content and the activity of glycogen phosphorylase (GPase) are much higher in brain tissue of the Common frog (Rana temporaria) than in brain tissue of mammals and birds (Table 1). 2. In phosphate buffer GPase is extracted from frog orain in a form completely active without addition of AMP and has therefore to be regarded as phosphorylase a. Several procedures to extract the b-form of the enzyme from the tissue have been unsuccessful. In resting skeletal muscle predominantly the AMP dependent b-form is present (Table 1). 3. In vitro, however, the existence of the complete interconverting system can be demonstrated. If NaF (a phosphatase inhibitor) was omitted from the homogeniza…