PTC DEFICIENCY 81 from both normal and diabetic rats responds similarly. The increased glucose-6-phosphatase activity found in liver of alloxan diabetic rats therefore does not appear to be due to any such activation mechanism, but rather due to an actual increase in the amount of enzyme present.
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