Carbohydrate and energy metabolism

Cryptosporidium muris

• Aminosugars metabolism
• Electron transport chain - Complex III and Complex IV are absent in C. muris. Alternative oxidase is present instead. ATP synthase complex is present.
• Glycolysis
• Mannose and fructose metabolism
• Pyruvate metabolism
• Starch metabolism
• Tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle

Cryptosporidium parvum

• Aminosugars metabolism
• Electron transport chain - Complex III and Complex IV are absent in C. parvum. Alternative oxidase is present instead. ATP synthase complex is absent except two subunits.
• Glycolysis
• Mannose and fructose metabolism
• Pyruvate metabolism
• Starch metabolism
• Tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle - Absent

Cryptosporidium hominis

• Aminosugars metabolism
• Electron transport chain - Complex III and Complex IV are absent in C. hominis. Alternative oxidase is present instead. ATP synthase complex is absent except two subunits.
• Glycolysis
• Mannose and fructose metabolism
• Pyruvate metabolism
• Starch metabolism
• Tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle - Absent