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Science 8 December 1972:
Vol. 178. no. 4065, pp. 1056 - 1060
DOI: 10.1126/science.178.4065.1056
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Invertebrate Facultative Anaerobiosis

A reinterpretation of invertebrate enzyme pathways suggests new approaches to helminth chemotherapy

P. W. Hochachka 1 and T. Mustafa 1

1 Department of zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 8, Canada

The unique pattern of anaerobic carbohydrate metabolism in invertebrate facultative anaerobes serves to couple other substrate-level phosphorylations to the glycolytic reactions, thus increasing the potential yield of high-energy phosphate compounds. Currently, two important coupling sites can be identified:


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