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The level of sugars and synthesis of trehalose in Ascaris suum tissues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2009

M. Dmitryjuk ,
E. Łopieńska-Biernat  and
M. Farjan
M. Dmitryjuk*
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 1A, Olsztyn10-957, Poland
E. Łopieńska-Biernat
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 1A, Olsztyn10-957, Poland
M. Farjan
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 1A, Olsztyn10-957, Poland
*
**Fax: +48-89-535-20-15 E-mail: m.dmit@uwm.edu.pl
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Abstract

The activities of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (TPP) were observed in muscles, individual parts of the reproductive system and haemolymph of Ascaris suum. The highest activity of TPS was detected in the upper uterus, while the lowest activity of TPS was detected in the ovary and oviduct of the nematode. Relatively high activity was detected in muscles, haemolymph and two remaining parts of the uterus. The TPP activity was the highest in lower length of the uterus, following muscles, ovary, central and upper uterus. The lowest activity of TPP was detected in the haemolymph and oviduct of A. suum. Besides TPS and TPP, trehalose was also detected in the studied tissues except the cuticle and the intestine. Glucose was present in all organs, but the highest concentration was found in the cuticle and intestine.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 83 , Issue 3 , September 2009 , pp. 237 - 243
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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