Abstract

The amino acid cystathionine is reported to show higher concentrations in the brains of man as compared to those of other species. Two-dimensional separation by electrophoresis-chromatography and densitometric analysis of amino acids showed that the brains of tree shrews had levels of cystathionine intermediate between those of man and other mammals such as tamarins, hedgehogs, and rats. Cystathionine may be involved in the circadian rhythms ofTupaiidae. In man a 10 fold variation in cerebral cystathionine is related to pathological conditions. Greater concentrations in white matter as compared to grey matter and other regional differences in brain tissue support the findings from inherited disorders that cystathionine plays an important role in the normal as well as the abnormal functioning of the brain.

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