According to most investigators the renal tubule is the prime locus for the action of the parathyroid hormone (e. g. JAt:om antl VERRANCR 1953, BARTTER 1954. In a recent article DAVIES. GORDON and MUSSETT (1956) have shown that parathyroid extract can be separated into one fraction which acts mainly on the excretion of phosphate by the kidney and another which mainly causes a liberation of bone salts.During recent years there has been a tendency t o localize the action of hormones to special chemical reactions (e. y. SUTHER-LAND 1955). Concerning parathormone IMRIE and HELKINSOS (1932) have observed that it accelerates the synthesis of creatine phosphate in cat's muscle, and quite recently NEUMAN, CHEK. FIRXCHEIN, MULRYAN and DI STEPANO (1956) have presented atheory, that the action of the hormone on the production of citrate in bone may be explained by a destruction of TPK".Abbreviations w e used as follov,s: AMP, ADP, ATP ~ adenosine mono-. di-, and triphosphate; ITMI', UDP uridine mono-, and diphosphate; CIMI'. GIIPguanidine mono-, and diphosphate; CMP ~ idine monophosphate; I M P inosine monophosphate; DPK and TPN : diphoqpho-and tripho.phopyridine nur-lcotides; 1P ~ inorganir orthophosphate; G-1-P and Q-6-P glycose-1-, a n d glucose-&phosphate; Y-6-P = fructose-&phosphate; SerP antl ThrP swine-, and threonine-0-phosphate: TC'A : triclilotoaretic acid. 1-573087. Artn p h g s . Sccindinrru. I'CJI. 49.