Determination of <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">D</Emphasis>- and <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">L</Emphasis>-amino acids produced by cyanobacteria using gas chromatography on Chirasil-Val after derivatization with pentafluoropropyl chloroformate |
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Authors: | Helena Zahradníčková Petr Hušek Petr Šimek Petr Hartvich Blahoslav Maršálek Ivan Holoubek |
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Institution: | (1) Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic;(2) Faculty of Science, Recetox, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | A rapid and simple method was developed for the determination of free amino acids (AAs) released from cyanobacteria. The procedure
involves trapping of AAs from the centrifuged cyanobacterial culture fluid on a cation-exchange resin, their release together
with the resin by direct treatment with the reaction medium, followed by immediate derivatization with a corresponding chloroformate.
The extractive alkylation transfers the analytes into an organic phase, an aliquot of which is subjected to GC analysis. Identification
and quantification of AAs was performed by GC/MS and GC/FID, respectively, using propyl chloroformate (PCF) as the derivatization
reagent. For chiral analysis, the cyanobacteria extracts were treated with 2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropyl chloroformate (PFPCF)
to create more volatile analytes. Separation of the AA enantiomers was accomplished on a Chirasil-Val capillary column and
the D/L enantiomeric ratios were determined. AAs of cyanobacteria are considered to be important for the assessment of energy flow
in an aquatic food web, nutrition value of cyanobacteria in a food web and for cell–cell communication within cyanobacteria.
The highest levels of AAs were found in the summer period at the beginning of the season (July). In the September and October
samples, the amount of AAs was lower, the number of D-AAs decreased and the D/L ratio was higher than in the July sample. Based on the obtained results it can be assumed that young populations excrete
AAs in higher concentrations and a different composition compared to actively growing populations.
Figure PFPCF derivatization scheme |
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Keywords: | D" target="_blank">D L-Amino acids" target="_blank">L-Amino acids GC Chiral separation Chloroformates Cyanobacteria |
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