Constitutive activity of N-β-alanyl-catecholamine ligase in insect brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 368, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 186-191

  Pérez, Martín ^a   Schachter, Julieta ^a   Quesada Allué, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alanine; Biogenic amines; Ceratitis capitata; Medfly; N Alanyldopamine; N Alanylnorepinephrine

Indexed keywords

BRAIN AMINE; CATECHOLAMINE; LIGASE; N BETA ALANYLCATECHOLAMINE LIGASE; N BETA ALANYLNOREPINEPHRINE; NORADRENALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIDERMIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; KINETICS; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATECHOLAMINES; CELL EXTRACTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIPTERA; DOPAMINE; INSECT PROTEINS; LIGASES;

EID: 4444306659     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. S.O. Andersen, M.G. Peters, and P. Roepstorff Cuticular sclerotization in insects Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B 113 1996 689 705
2. J.M. Arnoud, and R. Frentz Mise en evidence. Isolement et structure chimique d'une substance caracteristique du cœur de Carcinus maenas (L): La beta-alanyl histamine Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C 50 1975 59 66
3. J. Borycz, J.A. Borycz, M. Loubani, and I.A. Meinertzhagen tan and ebony genes regulate a novel pathway for transmitter metabolism at fly photoreceptor terminals J. Neurosci. 22 2002 10549 10557
4. D.N. Brotman, L. Flancbaum, and J.C. Fitzpatrick Presence of carcinine (beta-alanylhistamine) in mammalian tissues FASEB J. 3 1989 A1028
5. C. Brown, and C. Nestler Catecholamines and indolalkylamines G.A. Kerkut L.J. Gilbert Comparative Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology vol. 11 1985 Pergamon Press New York 435 497
6. P.E. Dunn, R.G. Fader, and F.E. Regnier Metabolism of beta-alanyl-l-tyrosine in Sarcophaga bullata J. Insect Physiol. 23 1997 1021 1029
7. L. Flancbaum, D.N. Brotman, and J.C. Fitzpatrick Existence of carcinine, a histamine related compound, in mammalian tissues Life Sci. 47 1990 1587 1593
8. T.L. Hopkins, and K.J. Kramer Insect cuticle sclerotization Ann. Rev. Entomol. 37 1992 273 302
9. M.S. Horning, L.J. Blackemore, and P.Q. Trombley Endogenous mechanism of neuroprotection: role of zinc, copper, and carnosine Brain Res. 852 2000 56 61
10. Y. Hotta, and S. Benzer Abnormal electroretinograms in visual mutants of Drosophila Nature 222 1969 354 356
11. Y. Kano, and S. Natori Sarcophagine (β-alanyl-l-tyrosine) synthesis in the fat body of Sarcophaga peregrina larvae J. Biochem. 95 1984 1041 1046
12. M.H. Kim, C.H. Joo, M.Y. Cho, T.H. Kwon, K.M. Lee, and S. Natori Bacterial injection-induced synthesis of N-β-alanyl dopamine and dopa-decarboxylase in the hemolymph of coleopteran insect Tenebrio molitor larvae Eur. J. Biochem. 267 2000 2599 2608
13. P.B. Koch, D.N. Keys, S.T. Rocheleau, K. Aronstein, M. Blackburn, S.B. Carroll, and R.H. Ffrench-Constant Regulation of Dopa decarboxylase expression during color pattern formation in wild-type and melanic tiger swallowtails Development 125 1998 2303 2313
14. R.A. Krueger, K.J. Kramer, T.L. Hopkins, and R.D. Speirs N-β-Alanyldopamine occurence and synthesis in the central nervous system of Manduca sexta (L.) Insect Biochem. 20 1990 605 610
15. M. Pérez, N. Castillo-Marín, and L.A. Quesada-Allué β-Alanyldopamine synthase in D. melanogaster and C. capitata melanic mutants Drosophila Inf. Serv. 80 1997 39 41
16. M. Pérez, P. Wappner, and L.A. Quesada-Allué Catecholamine-β-alanyl ligase in the medfly Ceratitis capitata Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 32 2002 617 625
17. L.A. Quesada, A. Rabossi, and P. Wappner Introducción a Ceratitis y cría de laboratorio 1994 YPF S.A. Press Buenos Aires, Argentina
18. A. Rabossi, L. Ación, and L.A. Quesada-Allué Metamorphosis-associated proteolysis in Ceratitis capitata Entomol. Exp. Appl. 94 2000 57 65
19. A. Rabossi, G. Boccaccio, P. Wappner, and L.A. Quesada-Allué Morphogenesis and cuticular markers during the larval-pupal transformation of the medfly Ceratitis capitata Entomol. Exp. Appl. 66 1991 135 141
20. A. Rabossi, P. Wappner, and L.A. Quesada-Allué Larva to pharate adult transformation in the medfly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera; Tephritidae) Can. Entomol. 124 1992 1139 1147
21. A. Richardt, T. Kemme, S. Wagner, D. Schwarzer, M.A. Marahiel, and B.T. Hovemann Ebony, a novel non-ribosomal peptide synthase for β-alanine conjugation with biogenic amines in Drosophila J. Biol Chem. 278 2003 41160 41166
22. A. Richardt, J. Rybak, K.L. Stortkukl, I.A. Meinertzhagen, and B.T. Hovemann Ebony protein in the Drosophila nervous system: optic neuropile expression in glial cells J. Comp. Neurol. 452 2002 93 102
23. P. Wappner, K.J. Kramer, F. Manso, T.L. Hopkins, and L.A. Quesada-Allué N-β-Alanyldopamine metabolism for puparial tanning in wild type and niger mutant strains of the Medfly Ceratitis capitata Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 26 1996 585 592
24. N. Yamasaki, Y. Aso, and T. Tsukamoto A convenient method for the preparation of N-β-alanyldopamine as substrate of phenol-oxidase Agric. Biol. Chem. 54 1990 833 836