Trehalose assimilation and turnover inTorulopsis glabrata |
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Authors: | Wilfred Niels Arnold |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biochemistry, University of Kansas Medical Center, 66103 Kansas City, Kansas, USA |
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Abstract: | Torulopsis glabrata cells have a specific mechanism for endogenous trehalose mobilization that is associated with the lag phase attending new
growth. The degree of internal trehalose depletion depends upon the initial concentration of glucose in the medium. Exogenous
trehalose was shown to be assimilated via extra-cytoplasmic hydrolysis prior to, transport of the generated glucose into the
cytoplasm. The effect on internal trehalose depletion in this case was commensurate with slower presentation of free glucose
and was not indicative of the initial concentration of exterrial glucose residues as trehalose. Kinetic parameters for glucose
uptake wereK
m
=0.49 mM,V
max
=109 μmol/min/g dry weight; those for trehalose assimilation wereK
m
=2.5 mM,V
max
=17.4μmol/min/g dry weight. |
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