Enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle in Obeliscoides cuniculi (Nematoda; Trichostrongylidae) during parasitic development |
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Authors: | GW Hutchinson MA Fernando |
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Institution: | Department of Pathology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph NIG 2W2, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | The specific activities of the enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle; citrate synthase, aconitase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase, fumarase, and malate dehydrogenase, were determined in early fifth-stage, young and mature adult Obeliscoides cuniculi, the rabbit stomach worm. ∝-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase activity could not be determined in any fraction. Fumarate reductase activity was found only in the mitochondrial fraction while all other enzymes, including an NADP-dependent malic enzyme were localized in the cytoplasm. Glutamate dehydrogenase, acid and alkaline phosphatase activities were also recorded. High levels of those enzymes acting in the “reversed” direction, i.e. MDH and fumarase relative to the enzymes of the “forward” direction, i.e. citrate synthase, aconitase and isocitrate dehydrogenase suggests that under anaerobic conditions a modified tricarboxylic acid cycle can operate. Some variations in specific activities were apparent as the worms matured but no qualitative differences were observed. |
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Keywords: | enzymes tricarboxylic acid cycle nematode stomach worm parasitic development citrate synthase aconitase isocitrate dehydrogenase fumarase malate dehydrogenase succinate dehydrogenase glutamate dehydrogenase phosphatases |
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