Enzymatic Conversion and Degradation of Sex Pheromones in Antennae of the Male Silkworm Moth Antheraea polyphemus
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- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C
- Vol. 43 (3-4) , 275-284
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-1988-3-420
Abstract
In living antennae of the male silkworm moth Antheraea polyphemus the pheromone compounds [6,7-3H]-6,11-hexadecadienyl acetate and [12,13-3H]-10,12-hexadecadienol are enzymatically converted to their corresponding fatty alcohols, aldehydes, acids and long-chained fatty acid esters. In antennae of freshly hatched moths the 3H-labeled pheromones are degraded at high rates to volatile polar metabolites. The half-life of the pheromone acetate is about 3 min. In dried antennae the pheromone acetate is merely hydrolyzed to the fatty alcohol.Keywords
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