[Biosynthesis of phorcabiline, blue-green biliary pigment of Actias selene (Lepidoptera, Attacidae)].
The blue-green bile pigments of Actias selene (Attacidae) have been investigated at different stages of its development. Coproporphyrinogen-14-C, protoporphyrin-IX3-H, and pterobilin-14-C, injected to larvae are metabolised into phorcabilin I, the main neopterobilin in this animal. It is concluded that phorcabilin I is a bile pigment of the IX gamma series and that pterobilin is its direct precursor. A method for the preparation of labelled protoporphyrin from quail egg-shell is reported.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001654:Bile Pigments / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004528:Egg Shell / Q000032:analysis; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000378:metabolism*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011524:Protoporphyrins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011784:Quail; D013053:Spectrophotometry
D001654:Bile Pigments; D011166:Porphyrins; D011524:Protoporphyrins
Biosynthèse de la phorcabiline, pigment biliaire bleu d'Actias selene (Lepidoptera, Attacidae)