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A novel phosphagen phosphotransferase in the plerocercoids of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

J. Barrett  and
G. M. Lloyd
J. Barrett
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
G. M. Lloyd
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
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Summary

Neither phosphagens nor phosphagen phosphotransferase activity could be detected in Fasciola hepatica, Hymenolepis diminuta, Moniezia expansa or in the plerocercoids of Ligula intestinalis. The plerocercoids of Schistocephalus solidus, however, possess an active taurocyamine phosphotransferase, although it too contains no detectable phosphagens. The taurocyamine phosphotransferase of S. solidus has an absolute requirement for a divalent metal ion and ATP could not be replaced by ITP, GTP, CTP, or UTP as the phosphate donor. The role of phosphagens in helminths is discussed.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 11 - 16
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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