Fig. 1. ln(enzyme activity in µmol g-1 min-1) vs
ln(flux rate in µmol g-1 min-1) across orchid bee
species. Slopes of regressions represent hierarchical regulation coefficients,
h. These values are equal to 0.46 (COX, cytochrome oxidase),
0.98 (HK, hexokinase), and 0.36 (GP, glycogen phosphorylase), and significant
for these three enzymes (P values are indicated in
Table 1). Slopes are not
significantly different from zero in the case of GPDH (glycerol 3-phosphate
dehydrogenase), CS, citrate synthase, PGI (phosphoglucoisomerase), PFK
(phosphofructokinase) and TR (trehalase).