A novel phosphagen phosphotransferase in the plerocercoids ofSchistocephalus solidus(Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea)
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology
- Vol. 82 (1) , 11-16
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000041810
Abstract
SUMMARY: Neither phosphagens nor phosphagen phosphotransferase activity could be detected inFasciola hepatica, Hymenolepis diminuta, Moniezia expansaor in the plerocercoids ofLigula intestinalis. The plerocercoids ofSchistocephalus solidus, however, possess an active taurocyamine phosphotransferase, although it too contains no detectable phosphagens. The taurocyamine phosphotransferase ofS. solidushas an absolute requirement for a divalent metal ion and ATP could not be replaced by ITP, GTP, CTP, or UTP as the phosphate donor. The role of phosphagens in helminths is discussed.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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