Metabolites of Marine Organisms as Regulators of O-Glycosylhydrolases

Verigina, N. S.; Burtseva, Yu. V.; Ermakova, Svetlana P.; Sova, V. V.; Пивкин, М. В.; Zvyagintseva, T. N.

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“…The resulting quaternary protein structure would be the active form which causes prey narcotization and/or activates proteolytic activity. Several mollusc (glyco)proteins with glycosidase activity were found recently, such as those in Spisula sachalinensis (Verigina et al , 2005), Littorina kurila (Pesentseva et al , 2006), and in the scallop Patinopecten yessoensis (Nakai et al , 2006). For the latter several ion-dependent enzymes were found with molecular weights between 30 and 61 kDa.…”

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Diet, prey narcotization and biochemical composition of salivary glands secretions of the volutid snailOdontocymbiola magellanica

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Odontocymbiola magellanica is a neogastropod very common in Patagonian shallow waters. It feeds exclusively on molluscs inhabiting the same benthic community. Field studies showed that prey preferences are live gastropods (54%) and bivalves (46%). When no living prey are available they change their trophic behaviour to carrion or cannibalism. Feeding mechanisms observations showed that prey are not asphyxiated by the snail's foot as suggested before for the Volutidae family; they are narcotized by saliva introduced in a cavity made by the foot where prey are immobilized. Saliva is produced by the salivary (SG) and accessory salivary glands (AG) and has a pH around 10, relaxing prey muscles, which are consumed alive. Secretions from AG and aqueous extracts of SG and AG were mainly composed of proteins and glycoproteins, though SDS-PAGE gels revealed that salivary proteins were richer in higher molecular weight bands. Fractionation of secretions from AG on Bio-Gel P-100 yielded only one peak. SDS-PAGE showed that it consisted of only one band (MW 51.3 kDa). Microanalysis of cations showed a higher concentration of calcium and magnesium in the accessory salivary gland. Hypotheses of function of different glands are given in relation to feeding behaviour and anatomy of O. magellanica.

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