title: [N-acetylation of biogenic amines in Drosophila virilis].
abstract: In adults of two Drosophila virilis lines displaying different genetically determined reactions to stress, N-acetyl-transferase (NAT) activity against substrates dopamine and octapamine was studied. Sexual dimorphism was characteristic of NAT activity when octapamine served as a substrate. However, in the case of dopamine, this phenomenon was not found. This suggests that two different enzymes with N-acetyltransferase activities exist in D. virilis. The flies of the studied lines were not shown to be indistinguishable in both enzyme activities. Short-term stress (38 degrees C for 30 and 60 min) did not affect NAT activity in flies of either studied line.
authors.forename: M Zh
authors.initials: MZh
authors.lastname: Sukhanova
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Khlebodarova
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Grenbék
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Gruntenko
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Shumanaia
authors.forename: I Iu
authors.initials: IIu
authors.lastname: Raushenbakh
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000818:Animals; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000378:metabolism*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014439:Tyramine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001679:Biogenic Amines; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase; D014439:Tyramine