title: Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase: isoenzymatic pattern in Oesophagostomum venulosum, Trichuris ovis and T. suis.
abstract: In the present communication we have studied the isoenzymatic pattern activity of the glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) in Oesophagostomum venulosum, Trichuris ovis and T. suis, parasites of Capra hircus (goat), Ovis aries (sheep) and Sus scrofa domestica (pig) respectively, by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Different phenotypes have been observed in the G6PD isoenzymatic pattern activity in males and females of Oesophagostomum venulosum. Furthermore, G6PD activity has been assayed in Trichuris ovis collected from Ovis aries and Capra hircus. No differences have been observed in the isoenzymatic patterns attending to the different hosts. All the individuals exhibited one single band or two bands; this suggests a monomeric condition for G6PD in T. ovis. In T. suis the enzyme G6PD appeared as a single electrophoretic band in about 85.7% of the individuals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sor Gregoria de Santa Teresa S/N, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cutillas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: German
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guevara
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000469:parasitology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D006041:Goats; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009814:Oesophagostomiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D009815:Oesophagostomum / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D014258:Trichuris / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase