Occurrence of UDPG: Sterol glucosyltransferase activity in some lower plants |
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Authors: | Zdzisław A. Wojciechowski Jan Zimowski |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, Warsaw University, 02-089 Warszawa, Al. ?wirki I Wigury 93, Poland |
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Abstract: | A study was made of the sterol glucosylating ability of cell-free homogenates obtained from 16 species of photosynthesizing and nonphotosynthesizing lower plants (2 species of Chlorophyceae, 2 species of Cyanophyceae, 1 species of Phycomycetes, 3 species of Ascomycetes, 3 species of Basidomycetes, 1 species of Myxomycetes, 3 species of Musci and 1 species of Sphenopsida). Except for the blue-green and green algae, all the remaining species showed distinct in vitro synthesis of steryl monoglucosides from UDPG and cholesterol or sitosterol. Preliminary studies on the specificity of the relevant enzymes pointed to a correlation between the sterol composition of the plant and the specificity of its glucosylating enzyme. The enzyme from Ascomycetes and Basidomycetes utilized ergosterol better than cholesterol or sitosterol. Enzymic preparations from mosses utilized sitosterol the best. |
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Keywords: | Lower plants steryl glucosides UDPG: sterol glucosyltransferase activity. |
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