Some enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism in Mesocestoides corti and Heterakis spumosa.
The activities of selected enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism were measured in tetrathyridia of Mesocestoides corti and in adult females and males of Heterakis spumosa. When the species were compared, only lactate dehydrogenase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activities were considerably higher in M. corti. Activities of other enzymes were higher in H. spumosa, with malate dehydrogenase activity being considerably so. In H. spumosa, enzyme activity was higher, and succinate dehydrogenase markedly so in males, when compared with females. Tetrathyridia aged 170 and 210 days show relatively stable malate and lactate dehydrogenase activities, and mice of ICR and BALB/c strains are suitable for the maintenance of tetrathyridia.
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Helminthological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kŏsice.
Ruscinová
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Hetmanski
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Arme
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Turceková
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Rybos
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D000818:Animals; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D005260:Female; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000469:parasitology; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008645:Mesocestoides / Q000201:enzymology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D009348:Nematoda / Q000201:enzymology*; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP) / Q000378:metabolism; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism
D009243:NAD; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP)