Table 1 Amino acids in blood and muscle tissue
From: Stoichiometric estimates of the biochemical conversion efficiencies in tsetse metabolism
Amino Acids | Blood Protein | Muscle Protein | Milk Protein | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Bursell, 1965 | Bursell, 1965 | Agosin, 1978 | Cmelik, 1969 | ||
| Â | Amino Acid | N | C | Amino Acid | Amino Acid | Amino Acid |
| Â | numeric % | mol/100 mol | mol/100 mol | numeric % | numeric % | numeric % |
Alanine | 8.3 | 8.3 | 24.9 | 7.4 | 10.14 | 5.9 |
Arginine | 3.5 | (Excreted) | 7.3 | 6.08 | 2.6 | |
Asparagine | (as Aspartic Acid) | (below) | 10.66 | Â | ||
Aspartic Acid | 9.5 | 9.5 | 38.0 | 9.8 | (above) | 5.7 |
Cysteine | 2.3 | 2.3 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.5 |
Glutamine | (as Glutamic Acid) | (below) | 18.70 | 18.3 | ||
Glutamic Acid | 8.3 | 8.3 | 41.5 | 20.2 | (above) | Â |
Glycine | 3.8 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 5.96 | 0.9 |
Histidine | 6.9 | (Excreted) | 3.3 | 1.66 | 0.8 | |
Isoleucine | (as Leucine) | (below) | 4.12 | Â | ||
Leucine | 12.9 | 12.9 | 77.4 | 12.5 | 10.38 | 8.5 |
Lysine | 9.4 | 18.8 | 56.4 | 9.6 | 8.59 | 3.4 |
Methionine | 1.2 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 2.11 | w/ cysteine |
Phenylalinine | 6.5 | 6.5 | 58.5 | 5.6 | 2.97 | 5.7 |
Proline | 4.9 | 4.9 | 24.5 | 4.1 | 3.03 | 10.5 |
Serine | 4.3 | 4.3 | 12.9 | (w/ Glycine) | 4.87 | 4.3 |
Threonine | 5.2 | 5.2 | 20.8 | 3.9 | 4.25 | 6.3 |
Tryptophan | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 | Â |
Tyrosine | 3.1 | 3.1 | 27.9 | 3.1 | 2.38 | 16.9 |
Valine | 9.6 | 9.6 | 48.0 | (w/ Methionine) | 4.10 | 5.7 |
Totals | 99.9 | 99.1 | 453.5 | 99.3 | 100.00 | 100.0 |