Glucokinase and Fructokinase of Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Protozoology
- Vol. 37 (5), 384-388
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1990.tb01161.x
Abstract
Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus contain glucokinase and not a hexokinase of broad hexose specificity. Tritrichomonas foetus also contains a specific fructokinase which could be resolved from glucokinase by anion exchange chromatography. Native T. vaginalis glucokinase had a Mr of 76,000, and SDS-PAG electrophoresis showed two equally stained bands corresponding to Mr 40,000 and 38,000. Glucose and ATP were by far the best substrates for both trichomonad glucokinases, with Km values as low as 33-35 .mu.M and 75-83 .mu.M, respectively. Substrate saturation curves for these enzymes were all hyperbolic. Tritrichomonas foetus fructokinase required fructose and ATP, with Km values of 200 .mu.M and 81 .mu.M. None of the activities was affected by a number of potential regulatory metabolites, including glucose-6-phosphate. The only exception was AMP which in supraphysiological concentrations had an inhibitory effect on T. foetus fructokinase. In conclusion, the absence of regulation at the hexose phosphorylation step described here, as well as the presence of an easily reversible PPi: fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase described previously (Mertens, E., Van Schaftingen, E. and Muller, M. 1989. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol., 37:183-190), suggest that the rate of the 1st part of glycolysis in trichomonads is controlled only by the intracellular availability of hexoses.Keywords
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