不同来源仙草的氨基酸比较分析

采用盐酸水解法分析不同来源仙草的氨基酸组成及含量差异,结果表明供试仙草均含有17种氨基酸和7种必需氨基酸,氨基酸总量为4.75％～13.65％,17种氨基酸总量和7种必需氨基酸总量的高低顺序都是9＞10＞5＞8＞1 ＞6＞4＞3＞2＞7,均以9号仙草含量最高,7号仙草最低.各种氨基酸含量高低顺序相似,以谷氨酸、天门冬氨...     

商品鹿鞭中氨基酸含量比较

采用氨基酸自动分析仪测定不同品种与产地的9份鹿鞭药材中氨基酸成分的种类及含量。这9份样品中均含17种氨基酸,其中人体必需氨基酸6种。17种氨基酸中以甘氨酸含量最高,必需氨基酸中亮氨酸含量最高;比较不同样品的含量,以辽宁西丰的梅花鹿鞭的总氨基酸含量最高,黑龙江梅花鹿鞭的必需氨基酸含量最高。结论为不同产地鹿鞭中氨基酸含量有一定差异,该方法可用于鹿鞭药材的质量评价。     

Amino acid transport and metabolism in nitrogen-starved cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Nitrogen-starved yeast derepress a general amino acid permease which transports basic and hydrophobic amino acids. Although both groups of amino acids are metabolized, the derivatives of the basic amino acids are retained by the cells, whereas those of the hydrophobic amino acids are released as acidic and neutral deaminated derivatives. The release of the deaminated derivatives of the hydrophobic amino acids only occurs in the presence of glucose, which presumably produces amino acceptors. The accumulation of intracellular amino acids results in trans-inhibition of the uptake of exogenous amino acids whether the intracellular amino acid is a basic amino acid or the product of intracellular transamination from a hydrophobic amino acid. Variation of permease and transaminase activity was measured during growth under repressed (ammonia-grown) and derepressed (proline-grown) conditions. Maximum levels for both activities occurs at the mid-exponential phase.     

Amino acid transport in a polyaromatic amino acid auxotroph of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The initiation of growth of a polyaromatic auxotrophic mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was inhibited by several amino acids, whereas growth of the parent prototroph was unaffected. A comparative investigation of amino acid transport in the two strains employing (14)C-labeled amino acids revealed that the transport of amino acids in S. cerevisiae was mediated by a general transport system responsible for the uptake of all neutral as well as basic amino acids. Both auxotrophic and prototrophic strains exhibited stereospecificity for l-amino acids and a K(m) ranging from 1.5 x 10(-5) to 5.0 x 10(-5) M. Optimal transport activity occurred at pH 5.7. Cycloheximide had no effect on amino acid uptake, indicating that protein synthesis was not a direct requirement for amino acid transport. Regulation of amino acid transport was subject to the concentration of amino acids in the free amino acid pool. Amino acid inhibition of the uptake of the aromatic amino acids by the aromatic auxotroph did not correlate directly with the effect of amino acids on the initiation of growth of the auxotroph but provides a partial explanation of this effect.     

珠子参地上部分氨基酸测定及营养评价

对珠子参茎、叶、花的氨基酸组成与含量进行测定和营养评价分析.结果表明,珠子参茎、叶、花中均含有17种常见氨基酸,氨基酸总量分别为3.73％,14.80％和8.72％;珠子参的茎中必需氨基酸与总氨基酸的比值(E/T)为0.39,必需氨基酸与非必需氨基酸的比值(E/N)为0.64,叶中E/T为0.41,E/N为o.71,花中E/T为0.39,E/N为0.63,氨基酸配比较为合理;珠子参茎、叶、花中蛋氨酸+胱氨酸均为第一限制氨基酸;珠子参茎、叶、花中均含有γ-氨基丁酸,含量分别为0.12％,0.26％和0.16％,叶片中γ-氨基丁酸的含量最高.     

Neutral amino acids in the brain: changes in response to food ingestion

Abstract— The brain levels of each of the aromatic and branched-chain amino acids change 2 h after fasting rats begin to consume either a carbohydrate-fat diet or a similar diet containing 18% or 40% protein. Carbohydrate-fat ingestion elevates the concentrations of each of the aromatic amino acids in brain, while substantially depressing those of the branched-chain amino acids. The inclusion of protein in this diet suppresses the increases in brain aromatic amino acids and attenuates the decreases in the branched-chain amino acids. The changes in the brain level of each neutral amino acid following the ingestion of any of these diets correlate extremely well with the effects of the diet on the serum neutral amino acid pattern, specifically on the serum concentration ratio of each neutral amino acid to the sum of the other neutral amino acids. The diet-induced changes in the brain level of each of the amino acids also correlate surprisingly well with the calculated rate of brain influx for each amino acid.     

基于游离氨基酸的组分及特征比较四种食用菌与四种果蔬的营养与风味特征

为科学评价食用菌与果蔬两类食材的营养特征与口感风味,本研究选取4种常见食用菌（金针菇、斑玉蕈、香菇、双孢蘑菇）和4种常见果蔬（苹果、香蕉、胡萝卜、番茄）,采用氨基酸自动分析仪测定其游离氨基酸,系统比较了两类食材的游离氨基酸组分比例及呈味特征。主成分和聚类分析表明 4种食用菌和4种果蔬显著分为两类,食用菌类游离氨基酸总量平均是果蔬类的3倍以上,4种食用菌中各游离氨基酸的比例均衡。4种食用菌的必需氨基酸/(必需氨基酸+非必需氨基酸)在40%左右,必需氨基酸/非必需氨基酸接近或大于60%,均接近理想值。4种食用菌所含的呈味氨基酸（鲜味、甜味、芳香族、苦味）均是4种果蔬的2倍以上,TAV值最显著的是：谷氨酸、苯丙氨酸、甘氨酸、苏氨酸、组氨酸、赖氨酸、缬氨酸、精氨酸和丙氨酸。这些氨基酸分属在五大氨基酸家族,在食用菌与果蔬中代谢途径相同;只有赖氨酸在二者中的合成途径不同。结果表明供试的食用菌比果蔬有优质的氨基酸比例和丰富的呈味组分,此差异体现在众多氨基酸的代谢层面,而非个别氨基酸导致。     

ACCELERATED EFFLUX OF [14C] AND [3H] AMINO ACIDS FROM SUPERFUSED SLICES OF RAT BRAIN1

Abstract— The rate of spontaneous efflux of several isotopically-labelled amino acids was measured in superfused slices of rat brain. The group specificity of amino acid efflux was studied by examining the pattern of accelerated efflux in the presence of extracellular unlabeled amino acid. The mediated efflux of γ-aminobutyric acid and l -glutamic acid was highly specific. Less specificity was found for amino acids in the small neutral, large neutral and basic groups. The efflux of γ-aminobutyric acid and l -glutamic acid was accelerated by structurally similar amino acids which are known to depress or excite motor neurons. This finding raises the possibility that the physiological effects of non-specific amino acids during local iontophoresis may be secondary to an accelerated release of more specific transmitter amino acids from neighbouring cells.     

Substrate-dependent regulation of intracellular amino acid concentrations in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells

Amino acid deprivation induces adaptive changes in amino acid transport and the intracellular amino acid pool in cultured cells. In this study intracellular amino acid levels were determined in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells (EC) deprived of L-arginine or total amino acids for 1, 3, 6 and 24 h. Amino acid concentrations were analyzed by reverse phase HPLC after precolumn derivatisation. Under normal culture conditions levels of L-arginine L-citrulline, total essential and non-essential amino acids were 840 +/- 90 microM, 150 +/- 40 microM, 11.4 +/- 0.9 mM and 53.3 +/- 3.4 mM (n = 9), respectively. In EC deprived of L-arginine or all amino acids for 24 h L-arginine and L-citrulline levels were 200 microM and 50 microM, and 670 microM and 100 microM Deprivation of L-arginine or total amino acids induced rapid (1 h) decreases (30 - 50%) in the levels of other cationic (lysine, ornithine) and essential branched-chain (valine, isoleucine, leucine) and aromatic (phenylalanine, tryptophan) amino acids. L-glutamine was reduced markedly in EC deprived of total amino acids for 1 h - 6 h but actually increased 3-fold in EC deprived of L-arginine for 6 h or 24 h. Arginine deprivation resulted in a rapid decrease in the total intracellular amino acid pool, however concentrations were restored after 24 h. Increased amino acid transport and/or reduced protein synthesis may account for the restoration of amino acid levels in EC deprived of L-arginine. The sustained reduction in the free amino acid pool of EC deprived of all amino acids may reflect utilization of intracellular amino acids for protein synthesis.     

Infusion of amino acids decreases the hyperglycaemic effect of per- and postoperative glucose infusion: an experimental study in the rabbit

The effects on blood glucose concentration of 10% glucose with amino acid solution at low (18%) and high (25%) concentration of branched chain amino acids were studied, two days after laparotomy in fasted rabbits. During the whole study period, saline infusion was associated with normoglycaemia. Among the other infusion combinations peroperative infusion of amino acid solution high in branched chain amino acids with 10% glucose was the least hyperglycaemic. An amino acid solution low in branched chain amino acids with 10% glucose had the lowest hyperglycaemic effect 24 hours postoperatively. After 48 hours an infusion of 10% glucose produced the weakest hyperglycaemia. In preoperatively and 24 hours postoperatively 10% glucose was more hyperglycaemic than 10% glucose with the two amino acid solutions. After 24 and 48 hours, infusion of 10% glucose with amino acids high in branched chain amino acids was more hyperglycaemic than 10% glucose with amino acids low in branched chain amino acids.     

Influence of triiodothyronine and dexamethasone on renal amino acid handling in rats loaded with various amino acid mixtures

Summary In adult female rats, the influence of dexamethasone or triiodothyronine on renal amino acid handling was investigated in amino acid loaded animals. Amino acids were administered intravenously as two mixtures, each containing four amino acids to overload amino acid reabsorption capacity. Bolus injections of both mixtures were followed by temporary increase in fractional excretion of the administered amino acids as well of the amino acids which were not covered in the mixtures. The administration of the two mixtures was followed by different interactions between various amino acid carriers.After dexamethasone pretreatment (60µg/100g b.wt. for 3 days, once daily) a stimulation of the renal amino acid handling could be shown. Triiodothyronine (20µg/100g b.wt. for 3 days, once daily) did not increase tubular reabsorption capacity for amino acids. It even increased fractional amino acid excretion in amino acid loaded rats as a sign of enhanced amino acid metabolism in the kidney and/or increased amino acid uptake into the tubular cells from the luminal site.     

Contents of amino acids in Tricholoma giganteum

Seventeen protein-constitutive and free amino acids were isolated and determined from the fruit-bodies of Tricholoma giganteum . Aspartic acid and alanine were the most abundant protein constitutive amino acids. Among the free amino acids, alanine, glutamic acid, serine, aspartic acid and glycine were present in the largest amounts, with aspartic acid and glutamic acids especially dominant.     

Amino acid transport systems required for diazotrophic growth in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.

Uptake of 16 amino acids by the filamentous, heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 was characterized with regard to kinetic parameters of transport, intracellular accumulation of the transported amino acids, and sensitivity of the transport process to energy metabolism inhibitors. Mutants resistant to certain toxic analogs of some amino acids were isolated that were impaired in amino acid transport. Results obtained in this study, together with those reported previously (A. Herrero and E. Flores, J. Biol. Chem. 265:3931-3935, 1990), suggest that there are at least five amino acid transport systems in strain PCC 7120: one high-affinity, active system for basic amino acids; one low-affinity, passive system for basic amino acids; two high-affinity, active systems with overlapping, but not identical, specificities for neutral amino acids; and one putative system for acidic amino acids. Some of the amino acid transport mutants were impaired in diazotrophic growth. These mutants were unable to develop a normal percentage of heterocysts and normal nitrogenase activity in response to nitrogen stepdown. Putative roles for the amino acid transport systems in uptake of extracellular amino acids, recapture of amino acids that have leaked from the cells, and intercellular transfer of amino acids in the filaments of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 are discussed.     

Catabolism of amino acids in bacteria of the genus Klebsiella

Propagation and activity level of 18 enzymes catalyzing deamination reactions of dicarboxylic and oxyamino acids and enzymes of amino acid reamination and amino acid N-acyl-derivatives' deacylation have been studied in Klebsiella bacteria. Klebsiella the most actively utilizes serin, threonine, aspartic and glutamic acids and aromatic amino acids. The first three amino acids are utilized by deamination, aromatic acids- in aminotransferase reaction with alpha-ketoglutaric acid, glutamic acid--by deamination and decarboxylation. Besides, Klebsiella actively deacylates N-acyl-derivatives of amino acids.     

不同产地红毛鸡(Centropus sinensis)氨基酸成分的分析

目的:评价不同产地红毛鸡药材的质量。方法:采用日立L-8800型全自动氨基酸分析仪测定12批不同产地红毛鸡总氨基酸的含量。结果:12个样品均含有17种总氨基酸,其中必需和半必需氨基酸占总氨基酸的49.42%～53.16%。结论:不同产地的红毛鸡均含有丰富的氨基酸,具有较高的药用价值,但含量随产地不同而异。     

Analysis of amino acids in nectar from pitchers of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae)

Sarracenia purpurea L. (northern pitcher plant) is an insectivorous plant with extrafloral nectar that attracts insects to a water-filled pitfall trap. We identified and quantified the amino acids in extrafloral nectar produced by pitchers of S. purpurea. Nectar samples were collected from 32 pitchers using a wick-sampling technique. Samples were analyzed for amino acids with reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with phenylisothiocyanate derivatization. Detectable amounts of amino acids were found in each of the 32 nectar samples tested. Mean number of amino acids in a nectar sample was 9 (SD = 2.2). No amino acid was detected in all 32 samples. Mean amount of amino acids in a nectar sample (i.e., amount per wick) was 351.4 ng (SD = 113.2). Nine amino acids occurred in 20 of the 32 samples (aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, hydroxyproline, methionine, serine, valine) averaging 263.4 ng (SD = 94.9), and accounting for ~75% of the total amino acid content. Nectar production may constitute a significant cost of carnivory since the nectar contains amino acids. However, some insects prefer nectar with amino acids and presence of amino acids may increase visitation and capture of insect prey.     

Mechanism of amino Acid uptake by sugarcane suspension cells

The amino acid carriers in sugarcane suspension cells were characterized for amino acid specificity and the stoichiometry of proton and potassium flux during amino acid transport.

Amino acid transport by sugarcane cells is dependent upon three distinct transport systems. One system is specific for neutral amino acids and transports all neutral amino acids including glutamine, asparagine, and histidine. The uptake of neutral amino acids is coupled to the uptake of one proton per amino acid; one potassium ion leaves the cells for charge compensation. Histidine is only taken up in the neutral form so that deprotonation of the charged imidazole nitrogen has to occur prior to uptake. The basic amino acids are transported by another system as uniport with charge-compensating efflux of protons and potassium. The acidic amino acids are transported by a third system. Acidic amino acids bind to the transport site only if the distal carboxyl group is in the dissociated form (i.e. if the acidic amino acid is anionic). Two protons are withdrawn from the medium and one potassium leaves the cell for charge compensation during the uptake of acid amino acids. Common to all three uptake systems is a monovalent positively charged amino acidproton carrier complex at the transport site.

     

Comparison of Protein Precipitants for the Determination of Free Amino Acids in Plasma

The present study was undertaken to select the most preferred deproteinizing agent for microbiological or chromatographic determination of free amino acids in plasma. The highest quantities of amino acids were obtained from samples treated with picric acid, ethanol or sulfosalicylic acid. It was also found from examining the recoveries of ¹⁴C-labeled amino acids added to plasma following treatment with picric acid, ethanol and sulfosalicylic acid that one kind of deproteinizing agent is not equally effective with all amino acids. Picric acid treatment gave the most reliable results for determination of amino acids except the basic amino acids, alanine and tryptophan. Sulfosalicylic acid was the most recommended deproteinizing agent for basic amino acids and ethanol was good for the assay of alanine and tryptophan. The response of d-amino acids to the deproteinizing agents tested was not always similar to that of their l-isomers.     

Influence of amino acid supply on ribosomes and protein synthesis of perfused rat liver

1. The livers of rats were perfused in situ with medium containing mixtures of amino acids in multiples of their concentration in normal rat plasma. The incorporation of labelled amino acid into protein of the liver and of the perfusing medium increased with increasing amino acid concentration. During 60min. perfusions, labelling of liver protein reached a plateau, and labelling of medium protein was inhibited when the initial concentration of the amino acid mixture was more than ten times the normal plasma value. 2. Examination of polysome profiles derived from livers perfused without amino acids in the medium showed that the number of large aggregates was decreased and the number of small aggregates, particularly monomers and dimers, was increased with time of perfusion. The addition of amino acids to the perfusion medium reversed this polysome shift to an extent that was dependent on the initial concentration of amino acids. Polysome profiles derived from livers perfused for 60min. with ten times the normal plasma concentration of amino acids were essentially the same as the polysome profiles of normal non-perfused livers. 3. The ability of ribosome preparations from perfused livers to incorporate amino acids into protein in vitro decreased with increasing time of perfusion when no amino acids were added to the medium, but increased as the concentration of amino acids in the perfusion medium was increased. 4. The ability of cell sap from perfused livers to support protein synthesis in vitro was not influenced by the amino acid concentration of the perfusion medium. 5. Livers were perfused for 60min. with medium containing amino acid mixtures at ten times the normal plasma concentration but deficient in one amino acid. Maximal incorporation of labelled amino acid into liver protein, the stability of the polysome profile and the ability of ribosome preparations to incorporate amino acids into protein were found to depend on the presence of 11 amino acids: arginine, asparagine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, threonine, tryptophan and valine. A mixture of these 11 amino acids, at ten times their normal plasma concentration, stimulated the incorporation of labelled amino acid into liver protein, stabilized the polysome profile and increased the ability of ribosome preparations to incorporate amino acids into protein to the same extent as the complete mixture. 6. It is concluded that the availability of certain amino acids plays an important role in the control of protein synthesis, possibly by stimulating the ability of ribosomes to become, and to remain, attached to messenger RNA.     

6种石斛属植物氨基酸组成及营养价值评价

为比较不同种石斛的氨基酸组成差异,作出营养评价,使用氨基酸自动分析仪检测6种石斛的氨基酸含量,分析其必需氨基酸组成成分,并通过计算氨基酸评分(AAS)、化学评分(CS)及氨基酸比值系数分(SRCAA)等非生物指标进行营养评价。结果表明:石斛中氨基酸种类齐全、营养丰富,均含有被检测的17种氨基酸。6种石斛氨基酸总量存在差异,介于3.58%～8.09%。必需氨基酸组成总含量介于42.62%～47.23%之间,明显高于WHO/FAO模式值(35.00%),其中,化学评分显示其限制氨基酸均为半胱氨酸和蛋氨酸。6种石斛药用氨基酸含量相差较大(2.24%～5.37%),其中蜻蜓石斛含量最高,为含量最低细叶石斛的2.40倍,但在总氨基酸中所占的比例基本一致(60.96%～66.47%)。对6种石斛进行聚类分析可分为4类,其中杓唇石斛、叠鞘石斛、细叶石斛可视为高品质蛋白质种。综上所述,石斛氨基酸具有重要的营养价值,6种石斛氨基酸差异显著。该结果可为石斛营养价值评价、品种选育及药用开发提供理论指导。