The Occurrence ofN-Acetyl- andN-Glycoloylneuraminic Acid inTrypanosoma cruzi
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Hoppe-Seyler´s Zeitschrift Für Physiologische Chemie
- Vol. 364 (2) , 1053-1058
- https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1983.364.2.1053
Abstract
Different strains of T. cruzi were found to have 65-105 .mu.g of sialic acids/1010 cells. By TLC and in part by GLC and GLC-mass spectrometry, all strains were found to contain N-acetyl- and N-glycoloylneuraminic acid in various ratios. After incubation of the parasites with either [3H]acetate or N-acetyl-[3H]mannosamine, no radioactivity was found in the sialic acids. The parasites probably are unable to synthesize sialic acids from their precursors.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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