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Wax ester fermentation in Euglena gracilis
Author(s) -
Inui Hiroshi,
Miyatake Kazutaka,
Nakano Yoshihisa,
Kitaoka Shozaburo
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(82)81310-0
Subject(s) - euglena gracilis , wax ester , wax , fermentation , euglena , chemistry , biochemistry , anaerobic exercise , mutant , psychrophile , food science , biology , enzyme , physiology , chloroplast , gene
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 O 2 concentration.