Smith T M, Brown J N
Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216.
Comp Biochem Physiol B. 1977;56(3):351-2. doi: 10.1016/0305-0491(77)90028-1.
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in paired adult Schistosoma mansoni is about twice as great as in paired adult Schistosoma japonicum. 2. 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase activity accounts for 25.8% of the measured production of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) in S. japonicum but only 8.6% of the measured production of NADPH in S. mansoni. 3. These data suggest a species difference in 6-phosphogluconate metabolism.
