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Published August 1941 | Published
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Identification of Drosophila V+ hormone of bacterial origin

Abstract

The substance produced by certain bacteria from ℓ-tryptophane and which possesses v+ hormone activity in Drosophila has been found to be a sucrose ester of ℓ-kynurenine. The ℓ-kynurenine is the essential active portion of the molecule. ℓ-Kynurenine, ℓ-kynurenine sulfate, and the ℓ-kynurenine-sucrose derivative have the same molar activity when tested in Drosophila larvae. This value approximates 12 X 10^6 units per mM.

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Copyright © 1941 by the American Society for Biological Chemists (Received for publication, March 24, 1941) This work was supported in part by funds granted by the Rockefeller Foundation. The authors wish to express their thanks to Dr. Clarence P. Herg, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, for his kindness in supplying the samples of ℓ-kynurenine, d-kynurenine, d-tryptophane, and kynurenic acid used in this investigation.

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