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THE METHYLATION OF ARSENATE BY A MARINE ALGA POLYPHYSA-PENICULUS IN THE PRESENCE OF L-METHIONINE-METHYL-D(3)

TitleTHE METHYLATION OF ARSENATE BY A MARINE ALGA POLYPHYSA-PENICULUS IN THE PRESENCE OF L-METHIONINE-METHYL-D(3)
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1994
AuthorsCullen, WR, Li, H, Pergantis, SA, Eigendorf, GK, Harrison, LG
JournalChemosphere
Volume28
Pagination1009-1019
Date PublishedMar
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number0045-6535
KeywordsALGAE, arsenic, COMPOUNDS, CONTAINING RIBOFURANOSIDES, ENVIRONMENT, GENERATION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY (HG-GC-MS), hydride, IDENTIFICATION, KELP ECKLONIA-RADIATA, L-METHIONINE-METHYL-D(3), METHYLARSENIC COMPOUNDS, METHYLATION, NATURAL-WATERS, ORGANOARSENIC, REDUCTION, SPECIATION, SPECTROMETRY
Abstract

Polyphysa peniculus growing in artificial seawater methylates arsenate to produce a dimethylarsenic derivative, probably dimethylarsinate. When L-methionine-methyl-d3 is added to the culture the CD3 label is incorporated intact in the dimethylarsenic compound to a considerable extent, indicating that S-adenosylmethionine, or some related sulphonium compound, is involved in the biological methylation. Conclusive evidence of the CD3 incorporation was provided by using a specially developed hydride generation-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry methodology.
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