Electrophoretic studies on glucosephosphate isomerase and phosphoglucomutase in two types of Anisakis larvae

Abstract Agatsuma T. 1982. Electrophoretie studies on glucosephosphate isornerase and phosphoglucomutase in two types of Anisakis larvae. International Journal for Parasitology 12 : 35–39. Enzyme electrophoresis was carried out between the larval forms. Type I and II, of Anisakis using starch gel. In glucose-phosphate isomerase, considerable polymorphisms were found in each type. At least 5 alleles appear to occur at this enzyme locus in natural populations of both types. Out of 5 alleles, 3 were common to both types. No significant difference was found in their frequencies. However, each larval form can be easily distinguished by the electrophoretic mobility of phosphoglucomutase. It was concluded that enzyme electrophoresis is an alternative useful tool for the identification of larval forms of Anisakis .