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The importance of creatine kinase (E.C. 2.7.3.2) in endocrine tissues has been generally overlooked. Using a specific radiometric assay, we have demonstrated the existence of CK in the Brockmann body (principal islet) of the Coho salmon. We have purified this protein from insular tissue and concurrently purified CK from brain and muscle of the salmon. Purification characteristics, immunological cross-reactivity, and N-terminal sequence analysis have demonstrated that the predominant cytosolic CK from the Brockmann body is indistinguishable from the BB (brain) isoenzyme. Immunocytochemical studies indicated that the enzyme resides in the endocrine parenchyma. Phosphocreatine may serve as a reservoir of energy in the islet and augment its capacity to secrete hormones. The induction of CK-BB in the islet by other hormones could influence the secretion of insular hormones. Interorgan flux of the substrate creatine may be an undescribed mechanism of physiological regulation.
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White, K.C., Babbitt, P.C., Buechter, D.D. et al. The principal islet of the coho salmon (Oncorhyncus kisutch) contains the BB isoenzyme of creatine kinase. J Protein Chem 11, 489–494 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01025026
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