FEMS Microbiology Letters 1994-05-01

Production of aromatic alpha-hydroxyacids by epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi, and its possible role in NADH reoxidation.

M Montemartini, J A Santomé, J J Cazzulo, C Nowicki

Index: FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 118(1-2) , 89-92, (1994)

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Abstract

Epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi in culture produce and excrete into the medium small amounts of phenyllactic acid and p-hydroxyphenyllactic acids, presumably arising from the catabolism of the aromatic amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine, respectively. This production might constitute a minor pathway for the reoxidation of cytosolic NADH, through the concerted action of tyrosine aminotransferase and aromatic alpha-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase.

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