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Subcellular location of glycolytic enzymes inTrypanosoma brucei culture form

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The presence of a glycolytic complex or particle has been demonstrated in the insect midgut form ofTrypanosoma brucei brucei. It differs from the ‘glycosome’ of the bloodstream form of the parasite in that 3-phosphoglycerate kinase is absent. The latter enzyme appears to be cytosolic.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland

    K. Broman, M. Ropars & J. Deshusses

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Acknowledgment. We are grateful to Dr R. Brun for the kind supply of the strain. The work was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation No. 3.331.0.78.

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Broman, K., Ropars, M. & Deshusses, J. Subcellular location of glycolytic enzymes inTrypanosoma brucei culture form. Experientia 38, 533–534 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02327033

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