Intraerythrocytic organic phosphates and hemoglobins of skua - Catharacta maccormicki (Stercoraridae): at two different stages of the year in relation to Antartic migration
Título del documento: Intraerythrocytic organic phosphates and hemoglobins of skua - Catharacta maccormicki (Stercoraridae): at two different stages of the year in relation to Antartic migration
Revista: Brazilian archives of biology and technology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000365603
ISSN: 1516-8913
Autors: 1
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Institucions: 1Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco, Laboratorio de Bioquimica, Descalvado, Sao Paulo. Brasil
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Període: Jul-Ago
Volum: 56
Número: 4
Paginació: 599-606
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés Catharacta maccormicki blood samples were collected in the winter (October) and in the summer (February) in order to study the intraerythrocytic organic phosphates, hemoglobin (Hb) electrophoretic patterns, oxygen blood equilibrium and stripped Hbs, as well as the effect of 2,3-biphosphoglycerate (BPG) and inositol hexaphosphate (IHP) on oxygen affinity. All the samples (five from the winter and five from the summer) showed the same electrophoretic pattern: one minor fast component and one major slow one. No differences in oxygen affinity and Bohr effect in the samples collected in the winter and in the summer were found. Oxygen affinity was higher in the stripped Hb than in the blood. BPG seemed to have no effect on the functional properties of skua Hb while IHP does. No BPG was found in any sample. Both inositol pentaphosphate (IP5) and IHP were found in all the samples. The IP5/IHP ratio in the winter samples was 3.0 while in summer 3.5. Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) was found in samples from both the seasons. Adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) were present only in the summer samples while guanosine triphosphate (GTP) was found in the winter samples. Since IP5 and IHP are very powerful HB allosteric effectors, ATP and GTP might function as other protein modulators
Disciplines Biología
Paraules clau: Aves,
Fisiología animal,
Aves migratorias,
Sangre,
Fosfato orgánico,
Hemoglobina,
Afinidad,
Oxígeno,
Catharacta maccormicki,
Stercoraridae
Keyword: Biology,
Animal physiology,
Birds,
Blood,
Organic phosphate,
Hemoglobin,
Affinity,
Oxygen,
Catharacta maccormicki,
Stercoraridae,
Migratory birds
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