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Biosynthesis of heterocyst glycolipids of Anabaena cylindrica
Authors:F.Alberto Abreu-Grobois  Terence C. Billyard  Terence J. Walton
Affiliation:Department of Biochemistry, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, Wales U.K.
Abstract:The incorporation of sodium acetate-[1-14C] into the heterocyst glycolipids of Anabaena cylindrica cultures from 60–234 hr old is reported. Incorporation of radioactivity was maximal in 88 hr old cultures. In 60 hr and 88 hr cultures about 90 % of the radioactivity of the heterocyst glycolipids was found in the non-saponifiable glycolipid fraction, whereas in older cultures this fraction contained only 75 % of the radioactivity. Acid hydrolysis of non-saponifiable heterocyst glycolipid fractions showed that in 60 hr cultures, 81 % of the radioactivity occurs in the lipid moiety, whereas in older cultures a greater proportion (40–53 %) of the radioactivity was found in the sugar residue. The lipid fraction obtained by acid hydrolysis contained a mixture of labelled long chain mono-, di- and trihydric alcohols. In young (60 hr) cultures the primary alcohol fraction was most heavily labelled (57.3 % of the radioactivity in the non-saponifiable glycosides) with much smaller amounts in the diol and triol (8.4 and 15.1 % respectively), whereas in older cultures (234 hr) the primary alcohol (23.6 %) diol (22.5 %) and triol (18.9 %) fractions contained ca equal amounts of radioactivity.
Keywords:Cyanophyceae  blue-green alga  biosynthesis  heterocyst glycolipids  long chain alcohols.
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