Table 2.

LTD₄ dipeptidase activity in wild-type and MBD-deficient mice

Tissue	Wild type	MBD-deficient	Wild-type activity†, %
Lung	247.5*	86.6	35
Kidney	179.6	28.6	16
Small intestine	101.2	87.2	86
Heart	39.4	12.1	31
Liver	32.8	26.4	81
Pancreas	8.5	3.1	37

Assays were performed in duplicate by using tissue homogenates from male mice. For each determination, three mice were used. For calculation of specific activity, values from the initial portion of the curve where the activity was most linear were used. Each SEM was 10-20% of the averaged values. 

^*nmol LTE₄ formed/mg protein per h. 

^†MBD-deficient specific activity/Wild-type specific activity × 100.