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Biosynthesis of L-alanine, a major amino acid of fibroin in Samia cynthia ricini.

Abstract：

:The derivation of alanine in fibroin was investigated using NMR and selective isotopic labelling. 2H2O infused orally into 5th instar larvae was incorporated into the proton of the methyl group of alanine in fibroin. Proton exchange among alanine, glycine and serine was also found. Incorporation of 13C from [2-(13)C]acetate into alanine C2 and C3 and glycine C2 in fibroin, and also C4 of free glutamine plus glutamate was observed in vivo. Hemolymph contained a peak for C4 of glutamate plus glutamine, and an alanine C3 peak appeared transiently. Thus, it is suggested that the C-skeleton of alanine formed was derived from L-malate via the TCA-cycle, and that this alanine is utilized in part for fibroin synthesis. Spectra of the hemolymph extract of larvae infused orally with [15N2]urea showed no 15N-compounds, whereas those of larvae injected subcutaneously showed only one peak of urea, whose intensity decreased with time, as shown in the in vivo spectra of a living larva infused with [15N2]urea. The solution NMR spectrum of fibroin showed no 15N-labelled compounds. Temporal changes in the peak intensities of six compounds in the spectra of a living larva infused with [15N]ammonium demonstrated a process in which 15N was incorporated into fibroin containing 15N-alanine through the amide group of glutamine and the amino group of glutamate. Thus, alanine biosynthesis from the TCA-cycle originates mainly from water, L-malate and ammonium. The fact that no 15N-urea was detected in the hemolymph extract of larvae infused with [15N]ammonium suggests that 15N-urea found in the above in vivo spectra may be that accumulated in the hindgut. Thus, excess ammonium in the body causes the production of urea by the urea-cycle. In Samia larvae, urea was not reutilized but excreted. The metabolic relationships between the assimilation of ammonium and the function of the urea-cycle are discussed.

journal_name

Insect Biochem Mol Biol

journal_title

Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors

Osanai M,Okudaira M,Naito J,Demura M,Asakura T

doi

10.1016/s0965-1748(99)00120-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-03-01 00:00:00

pages

225-32

issue

eissn

0965-1748

issn

1879-0240

pii

S0965174899001204

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Biosynthesis of L-alanine, a major amino acid of fibroin in Samia cynthia ricini.