| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1980 |
| Authors: | W. Meyer, Poehling, H. M., Neuhoff, V. |
| Journal: | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C Comparative Pharmacology |
| Volume: | 67 |
| Pagination: | 83-86 |
| Date Published: | 1980 |
| ISBN Number: | 0306-4492 |
| Keywords: | Araneae (Arachnida)., Araneae [Protein content / / Free amino acids, Biochemistry, Chemical composition, CNS] [Central nervous, Nervous system, system / / Free amino acid diversity]. |
| Abstract: | The spectrum of free amino acids in the CNS of 6 spp. from 6 different spider families [Tegenaria derhami (Scopoli) (Agelenidae), Araneus diadematus Clerck (Araneidae), Pardosa amentata (Clerck) (Lycosidae), Marpissa muscosa (Clerck) (Salticidae), Latrodectus mactans tredecimguttatus Rossi (Theridiidae) and the orthognath species Aphonopelma eutylenum (Chamberlin) (Theraphosidae)] was analyzed by microchromatography of dansyl derivatives. Dansyl amino acids (23) were identified and the following ones were relatively abundant in all the species investigated: taurine, alanine, glycine, GABA, proline, glutamic acid and aspartic acid. Results are compared with findings from other arthropod subphyla, and the role of amino acids as putative neurotransmitters in the arthropod CNS is discussed. |
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