title: Effect of a dipeptide-enriched diet in an adult Drosophila melanogaster laboratory strain.
abstract: Here we present free amino acid profiles for Drosophila melanogaster adults. Imidazol dipeptides anserine and carnosine, which are abundant in mammalian muscle tissue, are not present in Drosophila. Dipeptide-enriched food altered the amino acid balance, suggesting that the free amino acid content is nutrition-dependent and probably mediated by dipeptides.
authors.affiliation: Research Division, Tokai Bussan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigenobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiotani
authors.forename: Nobuya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanai
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Shiho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tujioka
authors.forename: Yurie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakano
authors.forename: Kimiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamakawa-Kobayashi
authors.forename: Yasunari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kayashima
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007753:Laboratories; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004151:Dipeptides