Fatty acid composition and primer specificity of de novo fatty acid synthetase in Bacillus globispores, Bacillus insolitus, and Bacillus psychrophilus
| Autor: | Devarray N. Naik, Toshi Kaneda, Eleanor J. Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Bacillus (shape) biology Immunology Fatty Acids Fatty acid Bacillus psychrophilus Bacillus General Medicine biology.organism_classification Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology Malonyl Coenzyme A Enzyme chemistry Biochemistry Genetics Gas chromatography Acyl Coenzyme A Primer (molecular biology) Fatty Acid Synthases Psychrophile Molecular Biology Bacteria |
| Zdroj: | Canadian journal of microbiology. 29(12) |
| ISSN: | 0008-4166 |
| Popis: | The fatty acid compositions of three psychrophilic species of Bacillus were determined by gas–liquid chromatography. The proportions of straight-chain fatty acids, branched-chain fatty acids, and unsaturated fatty acids were found to be 13.3, 86.7, and 26.1 % of the total cellular fatty acids for Bacillus globispores, 36.6, 63.4, and 25.1 % for Bacillus insolitus, and 6.9, 93.1, and 18.4% for Bacillus psychrophilus, respectively. In all three organisms the de novo fatty acid synthetase specificity towards acyl-CoA primers was butyryl-CoA > propionyl-CoA [Formula: see text] acetyl-CoA. This shows that B. insolitus, which has an unusually large proportion of straight-chain fatty acids for Bacillus, does not possess a different de novo fatty acid synthetase than the other two organisms. Therefore, the greater proportion of straight-chain fatty acids in B. insolitus may be explained by a large supply of straight-chain primer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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