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Functional Characterization Of A Novel Disaccharide Membrane Transporter In The Digestive Tract Of The American Lobster, Homarus Americanus, Olivia Scheffler
Functional Characterization Of A Novel Disaccharide Membrane Transporter In The Digestive Tract Of The American Lobster, Homarus Americanus, Olivia Scheffler
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In animals, the accepted model of carbohydrate digestion and absorption involves reduction of disaccharides into the simple sugars glucose, fructose and galactose. Previous studies have shown the presence of disaccharides maltose and trehalose in the blood of several crab species, the crayfish and the American lobster. In 2011, a gene for a distinct disaccharide sucrose transporter (SCRT) was first found in Drosophila melanogaster and characterized using a yeast expression system. The purpose of the current study was to identify and characterize a putative disaccharide transporter analog in crustaceans using the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Brush border membrane vesicles purified …