Uridine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase (EC 2.7.7.9) from the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum, has been characterized. The specific enzyme activity increases 10-fold during the course of morphogenesis. This increase is sensitive to coincident inhibition of protein synthesis by actidione and prior inhibition of ribonucleic acid synthesis by actinomycin D. A new method of assay was developed which can be applied generally to nucleoside diphosphate-sugar pyrophosphorylase reactions.
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