ABSTRACT
Abstract ....................................................................................................277 8.1 Introduction .....................................................................................277 8.2 Lack of Water and Elevated Carbon Dioxide Are Triggers
for Estivation ...................................................................................278 8.3 Metabolic Rate Depression is Essential for Survival in
Estivating Animals ..........................................................................279 8.4 Reversible Phosphorylation: Key Mechanism of
Metabolic Regulation ......................................................................281 8.5 Enzymes of Carbohydrate Metabolism are Regulated by
Phosphorylation in O. lactea ..........................................................282 8.6 The Activation of G6PDH During Estivation Facilitates
Protection Against Oxidative Stress ...............................................283
8.7 ATP-Dependent Ion Pumps Are Suppressed in Dormant Snails By Reversible Phosphorylation ............................................286
8.8 Protein Turnover Is Regulated by Phosphorylation in Estivating O. lactea .........................................................................287
