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5. Why would you expect LDH5 to predominate in skeletal muscle and LDH1 in cardiac muscle?
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LDH stands for lactate dehydrogenase. they are tetrametric in nature and hence made of two "M" and two "H" subunits which denote muscles and heart respectively. LDH1 moves fastest due to more positive charge and LDH5 moves slowest in electrophoresis. The "M" subunit is found in its purest form as its isoenzyme M4 i.e. LDH5 in skeletal muscles while the "H" subunit is found in its purest form as its isoenzyme H4 i.e. LDH1 in the heart.

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