INSECT ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE - ENZYME-ACTIVITY DURING ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AFTER FEEDING IN THE TSETSE-FLY, GLOSSINA-MORSITANS

Authors
GOLDRING JPD READ JS
Citation
Jpd. Goldring et Js. Read, INSECT ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE - ENZYME-ACTIVITY DURING ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AFTER FEEDING IN THE TSETSE-FLY, GLOSSINA-MORSITANS, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry, 108(1), 1994, pp. 27-33
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
03050491
Volume
108
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
27 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-0491(1994)108:1<27:IAC-ED>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (EC 6.1.4.2) activity in the admit tsetse fly ( Glossina morsitans) increased 2-3 days after pupation to reach a plate au of between 0.4 and 0.6 mu mol/min/mg after 7 days, and between 0.6 and 0.8 mu mol/min/mg after 6 days in the abdomens of male and female flies, respectively. The enzyme showed a 50-70% increase in specific a ctivity within 20 hr after a blood meal in previously starved flies. L ipogenesis and acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity were detected in the th orax, the abdominal cuticle and, in greatest quantity, in the fat body .