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- Tanioka Yuri
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture
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- Other Title
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- シュードビタミンB<sub>12</sub> の生理機能の解明と食品化学的研究
- シュードビタミンB₁₂の生理機能の解明と食品化学的研究
- シュードビタミン B ₁ ₂ ノ セイリ キノウ ノ カイメイ ト ショクヒン カガクテキ ケンキュウ
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Description
Vitamin B 12 (B 12 ) is synthesized only in certain bacteria. B 12 is concentrated mainly in the body of the higher predatory organisms in the natural food chain. Animal-derived foods such as meats, shellfish, egg, and milk are good dietary B 12 sources. In addition, a B 12 compound was contained abundantly in edible cyanobacteria. The B 12 compound present in edible cyanobacteria has been identified as pseudovitamin B 12 , an inactive corrinoid compound for humans. Therefore, this study was attempted to clarify the physiological function of pseudovitamin B 12 in cyanobacteria. The full-length of Spirulina B 12 -dependent methionine synthase was cloned into E.coli to clarify the physiological function of pseudovitamin B 12 in cyanobacteria. The recombinant Spirulina enzyme showed a higher affinity for methylpseudovitamin B 12 than methylcobalamin as a cofactor, indicating that cyanobacateria can utilize pseudovitamin B 12 as the cofactor for B 12 -dependent methionine synthase.<br> It was further examined whether pseudovitamin B 12 exists in dietary sources other than edible cyanobacteria. As a result, a large amount of pseudovitamin B 12 was detected in turban shell and abalone, herbivorous sea snails. The content of B 12 in seaweeds which herbivorous sea snails consume as the food was very low, suggesting that pseudovitamin B 12 detected in herbivorous sea snails might be derived from cyanobacteria adhering to seaweeds.
Journal
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- VITAMINS
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VITAMINS 93 (2), 47-51, 2019-02-25
THE VITAMIN SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390002184878428416
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- NII Article ID
- 130007803556
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- NII Book ID
- AN00207833
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- ISSN
- 2424080X
- 0006386X
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- NDL BIB ID
- 029541010
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
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- Disallowed