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342 ENERGY METABOLISM IN HELMINTHS<br />

FIGURE 14.1 Glycogenolysis and glycolysis in parasitic helminths. (1) glycogen phosphorylase; (2) glycogen<br />

synthase; (3) phosphoglucomutase; (4) hexokinase; (5) glucosephosphate isomerase; (6) phosphofructokinase;<br />

(7) aldolase; (8) triosephosphate isomerase; (9) glyceraldehyde-3-P dehydrogenases; (10) phosphoglycerate<br />

kinase; (11) phosphoglyceromutase; (12) enolase; (13) pyruvate kinase; (14) lactate dehydrogenase; (15) phosphoenolpyruvate<br />

carboxykinase; (16) malate dehydrogenase.<br />

‘anaerobic’ glycolysis, occurs in adult schistosomes<br />

and filarial nematodes.<br />

3. Those that use the classical glycolytic pathway<br />

only up to phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP).<br />

Then instead of converting PEP to pyruvate,<br />

PEP is carboxylated by PEP carboxykinase<br />

(PEPCK) to oxaloacetate, which is subsequently<br />

reduced to malate (Figure 14.1). This<br />

part of the pathway occurs in the cytosol and<br />

is comparable to the formation of lactate or<br />

BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY: HELMINTHS

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