| Autor: |
Khmelenina, V. N., Sakharovskii, V. G., Reshetnikov, A. S., Trotsenko, Yu. A. |
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Microbiology (00262617); Jul2000, Vol. 69 Issue 4, p381-386, 6p |
| Abstrakt: |
The1H-NMR analysis of methanol extracts of halophilic and halotolerant alkaliphilic methanotrophs isolated from the soda lakes of Southern Transbaikal and Tuva showed that bacterial cells grown at an optimum salinity accumulated mainly sucrose and 5-oxo-1-proline, whereas cells adapted to 0.5–1.0 M NaCl additionally synthesized ectoine. A more detailed study showed that nitrogen deficiency in the growth medium ofMethylobacter alcaliphilus 20Z decreased the synthesis of nitrogen-contaihing osmoprotectants, ectoine and 5-oxo-1-proline.M. alcaliphilus 20Z cells exhibited activities of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and sucrose-phosphate synthase involved in sucrose synthesis. Glutamine synthetase in vitro did not require NH4+ ions, which implies that this enzyme is involved in 5-oxo-1-proline synthesis. Cells grown at high salinity exhibited elevated levels of aspartate kinase, aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase, and ectoine synthase. This suggests that ectoine is synthesized via aspartate and aspartate-semialdehyde, i.e., via the route earlier established for extremely halophilic bacteria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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