| Autor: |
Weber BW; Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Cape Town Medical School, Observatory 7925, South Africa., Paglia DE, Harley EH |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology [Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol] 2004 May; Vol. 138 (1), pp. 105-9. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.03.002 |
| Abstrakt: |
Red blood cells of African black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis) are highly sensitive to oxidant-induced hemolysis and they possess a number of enzymatic and biochemical features that differ radically from other mammals. Here we show concentrations of free tyrosine in rhinoceros red blood cells which can approach levels as high as 1 mM, 50-fold higher than in human red blood cells. Elevated levels of tyrosine are also observed in red blood cells of other members of the order Perissodactyla such as the horse and zebra. Captive black rhinoceroses have significantly lower levels of red blood cell tyrosine than black rhinoceroses in the wild. Tyrosine transport studies indicate that black rhinoceros red blood cells have lost the ability to transport tyrosine as efficiently as human red blood cells. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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