Carotenoprotein complexes in Mesidotea entomon (L.) (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Baltic Sea

• Authors: B. Czeczuga
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A grey carotenoprotein containing canthaxanthin and phoenicoxanthin as the prosthetic group, was purified from the body of the Mesidotea entomon from the Baltic Sea. The analysis of the proteins forming the complexes with the above mentioned ketocarotenoids were found to contain 17 amino acids, mainly aspargine, glutamine, lysine, serine, alanine, valine, and leucine with minimal amounts of methionine. In the carotenoprotein complex cysteine were not found.

Keywords

EN

AMINO ACID; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOPROTEIN; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; PHOENICOXANTHIN

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Folia Biologica
• Year: 1996
• Volume: 44
• Pages: 73-76

Contributors

author

B. Czeczuga

• Document Type: article
• Publication order reference: B.Czeczuga, Department of General Biology, Medical Academy, Kilinskiego 1, 15-230 Bialystok 8, Poland.