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  • Title: Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase from Onchocerca volvulus and O. gibsoni.
    Author: Walter RD, Albiez EJ.
    Journal: Trop Med Parasitol; 1986 Dec; 37(4):356-8. PubMed ID: 2951841.
    Abstract:
    Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, a rate-limiting enzyme at the branchpoint of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), was demonstrated in Onchocerca volvulus and O. gibsoni. The activity of PEP-carboxykinase from both filarial worms depends absolutely on the presence of divalent cations; in addition to Mg2+ the enzyme activity was strongly activated by Mn2+. The Michaelis constants for PEP, GDP and KHCO3 of the PEP-carboxykinase from O. volvulus were determined to be 0.16 mM, 0.15 mM and 20 mM, respectively; those of the enzyme from O. gibsoni were 0.16 mM, 0.13 mM and 12 mM. Quinolinate was found to be a potent inhibitor of the enzyme from both filarial worms. The inhibition constants were determined to be 11 microM and 15 microM for the enzyme from O. volvulus and O. gibsoni. It is suggested that the activity of PEP-carboxykinase, the initial enzyme of the alternate route from PEP to succinate, may be regulated by ATP-levels. The inhibition constants for ATP were determined to be 0.26 mM and 0.13 mM for the enzyme from O. volvulus and O. gibsoni.
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