Application of 15N-nuclear magnetic resonance (N.M.R.) spectroscopy for the study of nitrogen metabolism of a parasite: transamination in Angiostrongylus cantonensis eggs.
In an attempt to study nitrogen metabolism in a parasite, we applied 15N-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology with a stable isotope, a 15N-labeled compound, for the study of the transamination system in A. cantonensis eggs, and demonstrated that 15N-aspartic acid can serve as an amino group donor for both the 2-oxoglutaric-glutamic acid and the pyruvic acid-alanine transamination systems in the eggs.
Nashina
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M
Department of Parasitology, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
Hori
E
E
Matsushita
K
K
Takahashi
M
M
Kato
K
K
Ohsaka
A
A
D000801:Angiostrongylus / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008681:Metastrongyloidea / Q000378:metabolism*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010063:Ovum / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D009584:Nitrogen