Interactions among carnosine, anserine, ophidine and copper in biochemical adaptation☆

摘要: Abstract Recent findings indicate that carnosine, anserine and ophidine should chelate copper in the tissues where these dipeptides are present high concentration. The observations located skeletal muscles exhibiting active oxidative metabolism and/or glycolysis their accumulation appears to occur ontogenetically at same time as begin function suggests may be involved intracellular transport of for activation cytochrome oxidase end electron chain regulation anaerobic glycolysis. This hypothesis provides explanations presence muscle whale, flight birds, regulatory mechanism permits orderly replacement primary olfactory neuron within nasal epithelium, activity carnosinase uterus.