Fig 4. Metabolism in E. granulosus PSCs after induction of the strobilar stage.

A representative schematic of the metabolic pathways that may be active during the strobilar development of PSCs. These reactions comprise the degradation of carbohydrates to phosphoenolpyruvate and the production of pyruvate and succinate.1) Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase; 2) NADP-dependent malic enzyme; 3) Pyruvate dehydrogenase; 4) 2 amino 3 ketobutyrate coenzyme A ligase; 5) Citrate synthase; 6) Aconitate hydratase mitochondrial; and 7) Succinate dehydrogenase ubiquinone.