Five trypanosomatid species of insects distinguished by isoenzymes.
Blastocrithidia culicis, Crithidia deanei, Crithidia fasciculata, Herpetomonas samuelpessoai, Leptomonas seymouri and Leishmania tarentolae grown in cultures were compared by electrophoretic mobility for isoenzymes in 6 enzymes. All species were found distinct in these characteristics. Endosymbiotic C. deanei, which was identical to the aposymbiotic C. deanei in 5 enzymes, had an extra band in aspartate aminotransferase. No differences in isoenzymes were found between members of one species maintained in 2 different culture media.
D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000032:analysis; D003421:Crithidia / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase / Q000032:analysis; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D007313:Insecta / Q000469:parasitology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis*; D007891:Leishmania / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase / Q000032:analysis
D007527:Isoenzymes; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase