Chitinolytic enzymes in the integument and midgut-gland of the shrimpPalaemon serratus during the moulting cycle |
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Authors: | M. Spindler-Barth A. Van Wormhoudt K. -D. Spindler |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institut für Zoologie, Abt. Parasitologie, Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, D-4000 Düsseldorf, FRG;(2) Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Collège de France, F-29181 Concarneau, France;(3) Institut für Zoologie, Lehrstuhl für Hormon- und Entwicklungsphysiologie, Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, D-4000 Düsseldorf, FRG |
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Abstract: | Chitinase andN-acetyl--D-glucosaminidase activity were quantified inPalaemon serratus (Pennant) integument and midgut gland during the moulting cycle. Studies were performed on specimens collected near Concarneau, France, in July 1989. The changes in specific activity are different in the two organs: in the midgut gland enzymatic activity is high throughout the whole moulting cycle with a weak peak at the early premoult Stage D1, whereas in the integument the activity of both enzymes is very low throughout post- and intermoult stages and rises only after premoult Stage D1. The highest specific activity is reached in D1 for chitinase and somewhat earlier (D1) forN-acetyl--D-glucosaminidase. The increase in specific chitinolytic activity coincides with an increase in ecdysteroids. |
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