Wax ester fermentation in Euglena gracilis

FEBS Letters

Kitaoka, Shozaburo¹  Miyatake, Kazutaka¹  Inui, Hiroshi¹  Nakano, Yoshihisa¹ 

[1] Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Osaka Perfecture, Sakai, Osaka 591, Japan

关键词: Fermentation;    Wax esters;    Euglena gracilis;    Paramylon;    O2 concentration;   

DOI  :  10.1016/0014-5793(82)81310-0

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

Aerobically grown Euglena gracilis, a bleached mutant, shows a prompt synthesis of wax esters with the concomitant fall of the paramylon (a β-1,3-glucan) content upon exposure to anaerobiosis. Bringing the anaerobic cells back to aerobiosis causes the reverse conversions. The anaerobic wax ester formation is accompanied by a net synthesis of ATP. The transition between the fermentation and respiration occurs at 10⁻⁵–10⁻⁷ M of the O₂ concentration.

【 授权许可】

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