XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE ACCUMULATION IN DEVELOPING DROSOPHILA EYES
XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE ACCUMULATION IN DEVELOPING DROSOPHILA EYES
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-1910(75)90206-1
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
DAVIDSON, NA
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作者:
BARRETT, D;DAVIDSON, NA
Xanthine dehydrogenase activity is assayed by following the oxidation of pterin to isoxanthopterin by spectrofluorometry at the reaction's wavelength peaks: excitation, 344 nm; emission, 412 nm. The method is sensitive to less than 0·1 μU of activity (0·1 pmol/min) and allows the assay ofDrosophilaimaginal disk homogenates.While the larval eye disk contains less than 0·1 per cent of the individual's XDH, the developing eye becomes a major store, with 30 per cent of the individual's activity by the time of eye pigmentation. The data suggest a basis for the well-known non-autonomous action of the generosy, the structural gene for XDH: the enzyme is synthesized in an organ of primary gene expression, and transported through the haemolymph to the eye of the pupa and pharate adult.