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Chemical composition and rate of synthesis of the larval salivary secretion of the fly Rhynchosciara americana
Authors:Antonio G de Bianchi  Walter R Terra
Institution:Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 20.780, São Paulo, Brasil
Abstract:The salivary secretion of Rhynchosciara americana was chemically analysed. The secretion shows a yellow colour, with a pH of 7·5 and protein as its major component (94·5 per cent of the secretion dry weight). Carbohydrates are minor components of the secretion which amount to 3·4 per cent of the secretion dry weight, of which 2·3 per cent are neutral carbohydrates and 1·1 per cent are galactosamine. The major amino acids present in the secretion proteins are aspartic acid, glycine, serine, and glutamic acid. The salivary secretion proteins can be separated into eleven protein fractions by urea-acrylamide gel electrophoresis from which nine fractions are PAS positive. The salivary pigment moves together with the protein fraction No. 8, which is quantitatively the most important one, and has spectral characteristics identical to a haemolymph pigment. The higher rate of gland protein labelling by 14C-phenylalanine determined in vivo and in vitro occurs around the middle of the spinning stage at the same time as the appearance of the large chromosomal puffs. The rôle of the salivary secretion in cocoon production is discussed.
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