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XB-ART-27912
Dev Biol 1987 Nov 01;1241:287-90.
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Accumulation of free amino acids in growing Xenopus laevis oocytes.

Taylor MA , Smith LD .


Abstract
The sizes of amino acid pools in growing Xenopus laevis oocytes have been measured. The total free amino acid content per oocyte increases nearly 25-fold during oocyte growth. Together, glutamic acid and aspartic acid account for approximately 59-75% of the total amino acid pool in Xenopus oocytes. On the other hand, methionine and cysteine are the least abundant of the amino acids detected, each accounting for less than 0.7% of the total pool in developing oocytes. It is argued that the acid-extractable amino acid pool represents the precursor pool used in protein synthesis.

PubMed ID: 2889640
Article link: Dev Biol
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