진주담치의 건조중의 nucleotides의 변화를 알기 위하여 생체시료, 열풍건조시료 및 자숙열풍건조시료에 대하여 분석 검토하였다. 1. ATP 함양은 $8.2{mu}moles/g(dry basis)$ 로서 높았고, 건조후외 잔존율도 $30\%$ 이상으로 많았다. 2. ADP 및 AMP는 건조중에 축적되는 결과를 보여 nucleotides 총량(ATP+ADP+AMP)으로 볼때는 건조중에 크게 감소하지 않았다. 3. 분획물중 UMP 및 adenosine이라고 추정되는 성분이 있었으나 동정하지 못하였다. 4. IMP의 생성은 볼 수 없어 AMP deaminase 활성은 없다고 보며, inosine 및 hypoxanthine 함양은 건조중에 증가하므로 adenosine deaminase 활성은 있다고 볼 수 있다. 5. 진주담치의 ATP 주분해경로는 그 분해생성물로부터 볼때 $ATP{ o}ADP{ o}AMP{ o}adenosine{ o}inosine{ o}hypoxanthine$이라고 추정된다.
The present paper deals with the degradation of nucleotides in the muscle of sea mussel, Mytilus edulis, during drying. Three kinds of samples, raw, hot-air dried, and steamed-and-hot air dried were prepared and the contents of nucleotides were determined by ion exchange chromatography on columns of Dowex 1, X8. ATP and ADP were dominant in the raw muscle showed about $8{mu}moles/g$, dry basis, respectively. The rate of degadation of ATP was very slow during drying compared with those of fish. The accumulation of ADP and AMP were observed during drying and the amount of total nucleotides (ATP+ADP+AMP) were not decreased remarkably by drying process. IMP was not detected in the all of the samples examined, however, the contents of inosine and hypoxanthine were increased during drying. In case of inosine contents, the hot-air dried sample marked an exceedingly high value equivalent to 8 times of the raw sample whereas steamed-and-hot air dried sample showed 2 times of raw samples.
