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1. Insect acetyl-CoA carboxylase: enzyme activity during adult development and after feeding in the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans.

Author

Goldring JP and Read JS

Subjects
Abdomen, Animals, Female, Lipids biosynthesis, Male, Thorax enzymology, Time Factors, Tissue Distribution, Tsetse Flies growth & development, Tsetse Flies metabolism, Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase metabolism, Tsetse Flies enzymology
Abstract

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (EC 6.1.4.2) activity in the adult tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans) increased 2-3 days after pupation to reach a plateau of between 0.4 and 0.6 mumol/min/mg after 7 days, and between 0.6 and 0.8 mumol/min/mg after 6 days in the abdomens of male and female flies, respectively. The enzyme showed a 50-70% increase in specific activity within 20 hr after a blood meal in previously starved flies. Lipogenesis and acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity were detected in the thorax, the abdominal cuticle and, in greatest quantity, in the fat body.

Published
1994
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