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- Title
Effects of 20 Standard Amino Acids on the Growth, Total Fatty Acids Production, and γ-Linolenic Acid Yield in Mucor circinelloides.
- Authors
Tang, Xin; Zhang, Huaiyuan; Chen, Haiqin; Chen, Yong; Chen, Wei; Song, Yuanda
- Abstract
Twenty standard amino acids were examined as single nitrogen source on the growth, total fatty acids production, and yield of γ-linolenic acid (GLA) in Mucor circinelloides. Of the amino acids, tyrosine gave the highest biomass and lipid accumulation and thus resulted in a high GLA yield with respective values of 17.8 g/L, 23 % (w/w, dry cell weight, DCW), and 0.81 g/L, which were 36, 25, and 72 % higher than when the fungus was grown with ammonium tartrate. To find out the potential mechanism underlying the increased lipid accumulation of M. circinelloides when grown on tyrosine, the activity of lipogenic enzymes of the fungus during lipid accumulation phase was measured. The enzyme activities of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, and ATP-citrate lyase were up-regulated, while NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase was down-regulated by tyrosine during the lipid accumulation phase of the fungus which suggested that these enzymes may be involved in the increased lipid biosynthesis by tyrosine in this fungus.
- Subjects
AMINO acids; FATTY acids; MUCOR; LINOLENIC acids; TYROSINE; BIOMASS
- Publication
Current Microbiology, 2014, Vol 69, Issue 6, p899
- ISSN
0343-8651
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00284-014-0671-z