Influence of ethanol on the activities of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A-reductase and squalene-hopene-cyclase in Zymomonas mobilis |
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Authors: | Andrea Schmidt Stephanie Bringer-Meyer Karl Poralla Hermann Sahm |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Biotechnologie der Kernforschungsanlage Jülich GmbH, Postfach 1913, D-5170 Jülich, Federal Repulic of Germany;(2) Institut für Biologie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D-7400 Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary The influence of different primary aliphatic alcohols on the activities of two key enzymes in hopanoid biosynthesis of Zymomonas mobilis was investigated. By use of 14C- and 3H-labelled substrates the enzymes 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA-reductase and squalene-hopenecyclase were detected with activities of 1.6 pmol x (min x mg protein)-1 and 2.3 pmol x- (min x mg protein)-1, respectively. Cells grown in the presence of 6% (v/v) ethanol did not show higher activities of these enzymes than cells grown in the presence of 1% (v/v) ethanol. Furthermore, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA-reductase was not activated by ethanol. However, ethanol activated the squalene-hopene-cyclase when added to the enzyme test system. Besides ethanol, propanol also had a positive effect on the squalene-hopene-cyclase: the enzyme's activity increased 1.7-fold in the presence of either alcohol at a concentration of 6% (v/v). This corresponded with a similar increase of hopanoid content of whole cells when grown in the presence of 6% (v/v) added ethanol or propanol. These results indicated that the squalene-hopene-cyclase has a regulatory function in the alcohol dependent hopanoid biosynthesis of Z. mobilis.Abbreviation HMG-CoA-reductase
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A-reductase |
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