Metabolism of methionine and cysteine in growing rats at various dietary protein levels
| Autor: | Mitsuhiro Mori, Hideyuki Tanaka, Masaji Ogura, Yasuo Nakatomi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
medicine.medical_specialty Methionine Calorie Chemistry Metabolism General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology chemistry.chemical_compound Endocrinology Dietary protein Break point Internal medicine medicine General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Essential amino acid Cysteine |
| Zdroj: | Agricultural and Biological Chemistry. 54:2093-2099 |
| ISSN: | 1881-1280 0002-1369 |
| DOI: | 10.1271/bbb1961.54.2093 |
| Popis: | The metabolic fates of the carbon skeletons of l-[U-14C]methionine and l-[U-14C]cysteine were investigated in growing rats fed on diets containing different percentages of protein calories (0, 5, 10, 15, and 30 PC %) at 4100 kcal of metabolizable energy per kg of diet. The incorporation of 14C into the body protein at 12 hr after the injection of labeled methionine or cysteine was extremely high in the dietary groups with 0 to 10 PC % (about 70 % of the injected dose), and then it decreased gradually in the higher PC% groups. A linear increase in the expired 14CO2 production from 14C-methionine was observed with increasing levels of the dietary protein, but the 14CO2 production from 14C-cysteine was depressed in the lower PC % groups and it increased in the higher PC % groups, showing a break point at around 10 PC% in the diet. The 14CO2 production from methionine was greater than that from cysteine in each dietary group. These results indicate that although cysteine is not an essential amino acid for the... |
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