title: Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum: comparison of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase activities in adults.
abstract: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in paired adult Schistosoma mansoni is about twice as great as in paired adult Schistosoma japonicum. 2. 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase activity accounts for 25.8% of the measured production of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) in S. japonicum but only 8.6% of the measured production of NADPH in S. mansoni. 3. These data suggest a species difference in 6-phosphogluconate metabolism.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000201:enzymology*; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase