Crustacyanins in two species of shrimp from the Baltic Sea

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

Abstracts

EN

A carotenoprotein containing canthaxanthin (Crangon crangon) and astaxanthin (Palaemon adspersus) as the prosthetic group was purified from the body of two species of shrimp from the Baltic Sea. The protein forming the complexes with the above- mentioned ketocarotenoids in these shrimps were found to contain 17 amino acids, mainly glutamine, lysine in Crangon crangon and glutamine, aspargine in Palaemon adspersus. There was little cysteine found in the protein of the two shrimp species.

Keywords

EN

ASTAXANTHIN; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOPROTEIN; CRUSTACEA; CRUSTACYANIN; SHRIMP

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Folia Biologica
• Year: 1997
• Volume: 45
• Pages: 79-82

Contributors

author

B. Czeczuga

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