TY - JOUR
T1 - Do protozoa conceal a high potency of nucleoside triphosphate hydrolysis present in Toxoplasma gondii
AU - Asai, Takashi
AU - Tamotsu Kanazawa, au
AU - Kobayashi, Seiki
AU - Takeuci, Tsutomu
AU - Kim, Taijong
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - 1. 1. ATP hydrolytic activity in whole cell homogenates of some protozoa was assayed in the presence or absence of dithiothreitol. 2. 2. The activities in all protozoan cell homogenates, except Toxoplasma gondii, ranged from 0.6 to 32 μmol/mg protein/hr, irrespective of the presence or absence of dithiothreitol. 3. 3. A remarkably higher activity, l l,690 μmol/mg protein/hr, was observed for T. gondii in the presence of dithiothreitol. 4. 4. These results indicate that the higher ATP hydrolytic potency observed for T. gondii is not universal to protozoa, rather it is unique to T. gondii.
AB - 1. 1. ATP hydrolytic activity in whole cell homogenates of some protozoa was assayed in the presence or absence of dithiothreitol. 2. 2. The activities in all protozoan cell homogenates, except Toxoplasma gondii, ranged from 0.6 to 32 μmol/mg protein/hr, irrespective of the presence or absence of dithiothreitol. 3. 3. A remarkably higher activity, l l,690 μmol/mg protein/hr, was observed for T. gondii in the presence of dithiothreitol. 4. 4. These results indicate that the higher ATP hydrolytic potency observed for T. gondii is not universal to protozoa, rather it is unique to T. gondii.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0022965598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0022965598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0305-0491(86)90013-1
DO - 10.1016/0305-0491(86)90013-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 3780186
AN - SCOPUS:0022965598
SN - 1096-4959
VL - 85
SP - 365
EP - 367
JO - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
JF - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
IS - 2
ER -