Kinetic behaviour of a repressible acid phosphatase from the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica: a comparative study between the solubilized enzyme, the enzyme bound to cell-wall fragments and the enzyme bound to intact cells

Author(s):  
Francisco J. González ◽  
Concepción Fauste ◽  
Francisco J. Burguillo ◽  
Angel Dominguez
2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 70-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyasu Ito ◽  
Masahiro Inouhe ◽  
Hiroshi Tohoyama ◽  
Masanori Joho

Acid phosphatase (APase) activity of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica increased with increasing Cu2+ concentrations in the medium. Furthermore, the enzyme in soluble form was stimulated in vitro by Cu2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Mn2+ and Mg2+ and inhibited by Ag+ and Cd2+. The most effective ion was Cu2+, especially for the enzyme from cultures in medium containing Cu2+, whereas APase activity in wall-bound fragments was only slightly activated by Cu2+. The content of cellular phosphate involving polyphosphate was decreased by adding Cu2+, regardless of whether or not the medium was rich in inorganic phosphate. Overproduction of the enzyme stimulated by Cu2+ might depend on derepression of the gene encoding the APase isozyme.


1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 875-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Schulz ◽  
William A. Jensen

Ovules of Capsella bursa-pastoris at the dyad and tetrad stages of meiosis and at the megaspore and two-nucleate stages of the gametophyte were studied with the electron microscope. The cells of the dyad and tetrad are separated by aniline blue fluorescent cross walls and receive all types of organelles and autophagic vacuoles that were present in the meiocyte. Autophagic vacuoles enclose ribosomes and organelles and show reaction product for acid phosphatase. Autophagic vacuoles and some plastids are absorbed into the enlarging vacuoles of the growing megaspore. Other plastids appear to survive meiosis and there is no evidence for their de novo origin. Some mitochondria appear to degenerate in the enlarging megaspore but others look healthy and there is no evidence for the de novo origin of mitochondria. The nucleolus of the developing megaspore becomes very large and the cytoplasm is extremely dense with ribosomes. The cell wall is thickened by an electron-translucent, periodic acid – Schiff negative, aniline blue fluorescent material and contains plasmodesmata that link the megaspore with the nucellus. The plasmalemma of the growing megaspore produces microvilluslike extensions into this wall that disappear with the formation of the two-nucleate gametophyte. Plasmodesmata disappear from the cell wall at the four-nucleate stage.


AMB Express ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mugdha Apte ◽  
Devashree Sambre ◽  
Shital Gaikawad ◽  
Swanand Joshi ◽  
Ashok Bankar ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sivamoke Dissook ◽  
Tomohisa Kuzuyama ◽  
Yuri Nishimoto ◽  
Shigeru Kitani ◽  
Sastia Putri ◽  
...  

AbstractMethyl erythritol phosphate (MEP) is the metabolite found in the MEP pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis, which is known to be utilized by plants, algae, and bacteria. In this study, an unprecedented observation was found in the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, in which one of the chromatographic peaks was annotated as MEP when cultivated in the nitrogen limiting condition. This finding raised an interesting hypothesis of whether Y. lipolytica utilizes the MEP pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis or not, because there is no report of yeast harboring the MEP pathway. Three independent approaches were used to investigate the existence of the MEP pathway in Y. lipolytica; the spiking of the authentic standard, the MEP pathway inhibitor, and the 13C labeling incorporation analysis. The study suggested that the mevalonate and MEP pathways co-exist in Y. lipolytica and the nitrogen limiting condition triggers the utilization of the MEP pathway in Y. lipolytica.


1952 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 569-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maclyn McCarty

Cell wall preparations of uniform chemical constitution have been obtained from several strains of group A streptococci. The isolated cell walls are dissolved by the same fractions of the Streptomyces albus enzymes that are effective in the lysis of intact cells, and it is likely that enzymatic lysis of group A streptococci is effected by an attack on the cell wall. The streptococcal cell wall, as prepared in this study, consists of approximately two-thirds carbohydrate and one-third protein. Small amounts of other components may be present. The carbohydrate component, which is composed primarily of N-acetyl-glucosamine and rhamnose, is the group-specific C carbohydrate. The evidence indicates that one of the streptomyces enzymes is directed toward the carbohydrate component of the cell wall.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Beneyton ◽  
Stéphane Thomas ◽  
Andrew D. Griffiths ◽  
Jean-Marc Nicaud ◽  
Antoine Drevelle ◽  
...  

1963 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-127
Author(s):  
E. R. Blakley

The rate of fermentation of glucose by suspensions of Candida utilis at acid pH values is reduced by alkyl benzene sulphonate in the range 75 to 250 γ/ml. Concentrations of alkyl benzene sulphonate below 75 γ/ml decrease the rate of fermentation of glucose above pH 7 and respiration at all pH values. An upper limit of 70 to 90% inhibition of fermentation or respiration is obtained at concentrations of alkyl benzene sulphonate above 250 γ/ml, except at pH 4.2 where complete inhibition is obtained. The effect of alkyl benzene sulphonate on the fermentation of glucose by yeast protoplasts is similar to the effect observed for intact yeasts. Some enzymatic reactions of cell-free extracts are inhibited by concentrations of alkyl benzene sulphonate lower than that required to affect fermentation by intact cells. The enzyme components of the cell-free preparation appear to vary in their sensitivity to the surfactant. The results support the view that the surfactant in the micellar form disrupts the cell wall of the yeast, and unassociated molecules inactivate some enzymes vital for the metabolism of the cell.


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