| Автор | Shick, J. Malcolm |
| Автор | Dunlap, Walter C. |
| Дата выпуска | 2002 |
| dc.description | ▪ Abstract Organisms living in clear, shallow water are exposed to the damaging wavelengths of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) coincident with the longer wavelengths of photosynthetically available radiation (PAR) also necessary for vision. With the general exception of bacteria, taxonomically diverse marine and freshwater organisms have evolved the capacity to synthesize or accumulate UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), presumably for protection against environmental UVR. This review highlights the evidence for this UV-protective role while also considering other attributed functions, including reproductive and osmotic regulation and vision. Probing the regulation and biosynthesis of MAAs provides insight to the physiological evolution and utility of UV protection and of biochemically associated antioxidant defenses. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Annual Reviews |
| Копирайт | Annual Reviews |
| Название | MYCOSPORINE-LIKE AMINO ACIDS AND RELATED GADUSOLS: Biosynthesis, Accumulation, and UV-Protective Functions in Aquatic Organisms |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.physiol.64.081501.155802 |
| Print ISSN | 0066-4278 |
| Журнал | Annual Review of Physiology |
| Том | 64 |
| Первая страница | 223 |
| Последняя страница | 262 |
| Аффилиация | Shick, J. Malcolm; School of Marine Sciences and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maine, 5751 Murray Hall, Orono, Maine 04469-5751; e-mail: shick@maine.edu |
