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Untersuchungen zur Biosynthese der Pterine bei Drosophila melanogaster . Kurze Mitteilung
Author(s) -
BrennerHolzach O.,
Leuthardt F.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
helvetica chimica acta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.74
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1522-2675
pISSN - 0018-019X
DOI - 10.1002/hlca.19590420656
Subject(s) - chemistry , drosophila melanogaster , glycine , sepia , biochemistry , melanogaster , mutant , formate , purine metabolism , stereochemistry , amino acid , enzyme , officinalis , catalysis , botany , gene , biology
Larvae of Drosophila melanogaster (wild type and mutant Sepia) were fed with labelled glycine, formate and glucose and the specific radioactivity in uric acid and pterines of the flies was measured. These experiments showed that carbon atoms of the glucose are specifically incorporated into the pterines but not in the purines. Possible pathways are discussed.