ATP VERSUS PYROPHOSPHATE - GLYCOLYSIS REVISITED IN PARASITIC PROTISTS

被引:97
作者
MERTENS, E [1 ]
机构
[1] INT INST CELLULAR & MOLEC PATHOL,B-1200 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM
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PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1993年 / 9卷 / 04期
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10.1016/0169-4758(93)90169-G
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
It is generally assumed that glycolysis is remarkably similar among all organisms, prokaryotic and eukaryotic. This view has been extended to protists. However, there is growing evidence that significant deviations from conventional glycolysis occur in protists. Very different species, some parasitic, rely on peculiar enzymes that use pyrophosphate as substrate. In this review, Emmanuel Mertens describes such unusual pyrophosphate metabolism in parasitic protists.
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