UNUSUAL AMINO-COMPOUNDS IN THE TISSUES OF CALYPTOGENA-PHASEOLIFORMIS (JAPAN TRENCH) - POSSIBLE LINK TO SYMBIOSIS

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ALBERIC, P [1 ]
BOULEGUE, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PARIS 06,GEOCHIM & METALLOGENIE LAB,UA 196,F-75252 PARIS 5,FRANCE
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10.1016/0079-6611(90)90022-T
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P7 [海洋学];
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High quantities of a sulphur amino compound (which might be thiotaurine) and phosphorylated amino compounds (respectively 10 and 100 mg g-1 d.w.) have been found in the tissues of Calyptogena phaseoliformis collected in the Japan Trench. The phosphorylated compounds contain P-serine and P-ethanolamine. They include a major portion (25 to 75%) of the total P content of the tissues. The role of these compounds, whose characterization is still incomplete, is unknown. Suggestions are discussed in relation to energy and nutritional exchanges involved in the symbiotic association between clam and bacteria. © 1990.
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