Acetate and succinate production in amoebae, helminths, diplomonads, trichomonads and trypanosomatids: Common and diverse metabolic strategies used by parasitic lower eukaryotes

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1315-1331

  Bringaud, F ^a   Ebikeme, C ^a   Boshart, M ^b  

^a CNRS University Bordeaux Segalen   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

acetate and succinate excretion; acetate:succinate CoA transferase; Entamoeba histolytica; Fasciola hepatica; fumarate reductase; Giardia lamblia; reductive TCA cycle; Trichomonas vaginalis; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; SUCCINIC ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMOEBA (GENUS); CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIPLOMONADIDA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GLYCOLYSIS; HELMINTH; KINETOPLASTIDA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITE; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIPLOMONADIDA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; METAZOA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; VERMES;

ACETATES; AEROBIOSIS; AMOEBA; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; DIPLOMONADIDA; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HELMINTHS; PARASITES; SUCCINIC ACID; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

EID: 77957304437     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009991843     Document Type: Review

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