@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00014820,
 author = {SAMESHIMA, Muneo and KATAYAMA, Teruhisa and DESHIMARU, Osamu},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {鹿児島大学水産学部紀要, Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {The constituents of the amino acids composed of the protein in the exoskeletons of the crustacea,
the prawn, Peneaus japonicus, the crab, Portuuns trituberculatus, and the lobster, Panulirus japonicus were
analyzed quantitatively. Asparatic acid, glutamic acid, alanine, glycine were in general featured by
relatively high contents and the contents of proline, valine, and serine were also high, but the contents of
the basic amino acids were low. The constituents of the amino acids composed of the protein in the
exoskeletons of the crustacea were similar to those of amino acid patterns of elastin.
The compositions of the amino acids in the three parts of the exoskeletons of the crustacea : The
amino acids in the carapaces, abdomens and pleopods, and telsons of the exoskeletons, were also
analyzed, and compared each other. In the hard carapaces the contents of asparatic acid, glutamic acid
and proline were high, in the soft parts of the abdomens and telsons the contents of glycine and the
basic amino acids were also relatively high.},
 pages = {33--37},
 title = {Constituents of the Amino Acids Composed of the Protein in the Exoskeletons of the Crustacea.},
 volume = {22},
 year = {1973}
}