Lipoproteins in Eggs and Ovaries

Ovaries from marine invertebrates often contain high amount of lipoproteins. Wallace et al. (1967) proposed the term lipovitellin for the high density lipoproteins in the eggs of invertebrates which are the major yolk proteins of invertebrates. Because the egg lipoprotein of crustaceans also contains carotenoid and carbohydrate, it has also been referred to as a lipo-glycocarotenoprotein complex or a carotenoid-lipo(glyco)protein (Tometal. 1987a Zagalsky 1976).The 

A rtemia salina (brine shrimp) Yolk granules 190 000 68 000 85 000 deChaflby and Kondo (1980) 

Uca pugilator (fiddler crab) Ovaries 100 600 123 500 Eastman-Reks and Fingerman (1985) 

Pachygrapsus crassipes (lineshore crab) Ovaries 118000 105 000 83 000 Lui and O Connor (1977) 

Callinectes sapidus (blue crab) Hemolymph ( ) Hemolymph 112000 Lee and Puppione (1988) 

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