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Production of tyrosine and other aromatic compounds from phenylalanine by rumen microorganisms

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Rumen contents from three fistulated Japanese native goats fed Lucerne hay cubes (Medicago sativa) and concentrate mixture were collected to prepare the suspensions of mixed rumen bacteria (B), mixed protozoa (P) and a combination of the two (BP). Microbial suspensions were anaerobically incubated at 39°C for 12h with or without 1 MM ofl-phenylalanine (Phe). Phe, tyrosine (Tyr) and other related compounds in both supernatant and microbial hydrolysates of the incubations were analyzed by HPLC. Tyr can be produced from Phe not only by rumen bacteria but also by rumen protozoa. The production of Tyr during 12h incubation in B (183.6 μmol/g MN) was 4.3 times higher than that in P. One of the intermediate products between Phe and Tyr seems to bep-hydroxyphenylacetic acid. The rate of the net degradation of Phe incubation in B (76.O μmol/g MN/h) was 2.4 times higher than in P. In the case of all rumen microorganisms, degraded Phe was mainly (>53%) converted into phenylacetic acid. The production of benzoic acid was higher in P than in B suspensions. Small amount of phenylpyruvic acid was produced from Phe by both rumen bacteria and protozoa, but phenylpropionic acid and phenyllactic acid were produced only by rumen bacteria.

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  1. Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, 889-2192, Miyazaki-shi, Japan

    R. I. Khan, R. Onodera, M. R. Amin & N. Mohammed

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Khan, R.I., Onodera, R., Amin, M.R. et al. Production of tyrosine and other aromatic compounds from phenylalanine by rumen microorganisms. Amino Acids 17, 335–346 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01361659

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