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Fine structural localization of nucleoside triphosphatase and acid phosphatase activity in Trichomonas vaginalis donné

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Two intracellular phospho-hydrolases are revealed in cells of Trichomonas vaginalis. One of the enzymes is an acid phosphatase and the other a nucleoside triphosphatase (ATP-ase). Both enzymes are found to be present in the Golgi saceuli and vesicles of the cells. The ATP-ase activity has prevalence to the more superficially positioned saceuli of the Golgi region and the acid phosphatase to the more deeply positioned saceuli. Both enzymes are also found in the phagolysosomes but only acid phosphatase could be demonstrated in the small primary lysosomal structures of the cell cytoplasm.

The findings indicate that both enzymes are active in the hydrolytic processes associated with endocytosis of foreign matter.

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Nielsen, M.H. Fine structural localization of nucleoside triphosphatase and acid phosphatase activity in Trichomonas vaginalis donné. Cell Tissue Res. 151, 269–280 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00224538

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