title: Isolation of the nickel-chlorin chelate tunichlorin from the South Pacific ocean sea hare Dolabella auricularia.
abstract: The Papua New Guinea shell-less mollusc Dolabella auricularia has been found to contain a series of green to blue-green chlorins. One of these compounds was found to be the nickel chelate tunichlorin [1] which was isolated previously only from the Caribbean tunicate Trididemnum solidum. Discovery of tunichlorin [1] in a sea hare suggests that its occurrence in algae-consuming marine animals may be more common than earlier realized, and it may have a role in electron transfer or other metabolic processes.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-1604.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Pettit
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kantoci
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Doubek
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Pettit
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Schroll
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008974:Mollusca / Q000378:metabolism*; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D008665:Metalloporphyrins; C056010:tunichlorin; D009532:Nickel