Publications by authors named "Luz Amira Rivero"
Article Synopsis
- Trypanosoma evansi is a protist that infects horses and other economically important animals, relying on glycolysis for energy like its relative, T. brucei.
- In T. evansi, enzymes associated with glycolysis are located in specialized organelles called glycosomes, which are similar to peroxisomes.
- The discovery of two additional enzymes, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and PPi-dependent pyruvate phosphate dikinase, in T. evansi's glycosomes alters previously held assumptions about how this parasite metabolizes glucose for energy.
