Von Brand 1966 Academic Press
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| von Brand T (1966) Biochemistry of parasites. Academic Press:429 pp. |
von Brand T (1966) Academic Press
Abstract: Biochemistry of Parasites presents the biochemical aspects of parasitology. The topics covered in the book include inorganic substances; carbohydrate relationships of parasites; parasitic metabolism of carbohydrates and transport mechanisms; distribution of lipids in the bodies of parasites; and disturbances in the host's protein metabolism during parasitic infections.
• Bioblast editor: Gnaiger E
Selected quotations
- P 128: Most evidence, however, is available fro anaerobic succinate production by reversal of some reactions of the Krebs cycle, couple to an auxiliary reaction, such as formation of oxyloacetic acid by transamination or CO2 fixation. Various CO2-fixing mechanisms are known, the most important ones being carboxylation of pyruvic acid or phosphoenolpyruvic acid by pyruvate carboxylase, respectively, resulting in the formation of oxaloacetic acid, or formation of malate from pyruvate by intervention of the "malic enzyme". The oxaloacetic acid, or malic acid originating in these ways can then be transformed into succinic acid by the successive intervention of malic dehydrogenase (in the case of oxaloacetic acid), fumarase, and succinic dehydrogenase.
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