Transamination of 3-hydroxykynurenine to produce xanthurenic acid: A major branch pathway of tryptophan metabolism in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, during larval development

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 859-867

  Li, Jianyong ^a   Li, Guoyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxykynurenine; Aedes aegypti; Kynurenine; Transaminase; Tryptophan; Xanthurenic acid

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; 3-HYDROXYKYNURENINE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; DOPA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; KYNURENINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHURENIC ACID;

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; TRANSAMINATION; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031252110     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00068-4     Document Type: Article

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