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Effects of Different Substrates on Glucose Uptake and Hexokinase Activity in Euglena gracilis *
Author(s) -
GRAVES LYNN B.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1971.tb03369.x
Subject(s) - euglena gracilis , hexokinase , euglena , ethanol , biochemistry , chemistry , carbohydrate metabolism , glucose uptake , biology , metabolism , glycolysis , endocrinology , insulin , chloroplast , gene
SYNOPSIS. Hexokinase levels and glucose uptake rates were measured in cells of Euglena gracilis adapted for growth on glucose, acetate, and ethanol. Glucose‐grown cells had 3 times the hexokinase levels found in acetate‐ and ethanol‐grown cells. However, glucose‐ and ethanol‐grown cells had the same rates of glucose uptake, while acetate‐grown cells accumulated only 1/8 as much glucose in the same interval.