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Regulation of Acetate Metabolism in a Strain of Acinetobacter sp. Growing on Ethanol

Regulation of Acetate Metabolism in a Strain of Acinetobacter sp. Growing on Ethanol Ethanol metabolism in Acinetobacter sp. is shown to be limited by the rate of acetate assimilation, a reaction catalyzed by acetyl-CoA synthetase (EC 6.2.1.1). Effects of ions (sodium, potassium, and magnesium), by-products of ethanol and acetaldehyde oxidation (NADH and NADPH), and pantothenic acid on this enzyme are studied (sodium, NADH, and NADPH inhibit acetyl-CoA synthetase; pantothenic acid, potassium, and magnesium act as enzyme activators). Conditions of culturing were developed under which ethanol, acetaldehyde, and acetate in Acinetobacter cells were oxidized at the same rates, producing a threefold increase in the activity of acetyl-CoA synthetase in the cell-free extract. The results of studies of acetyl-CoA synthetase regulation in a mutant strain of Acinetobacter sp., which is incapable of forming exopolysaccharides, provide a basis for refining the technology of ethapolan production involving the use of C2 substrates. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology Springer Journals

Regulation of Acetate Metabolism in a Strain of Acinetobacter sp. Growing on Ethanol

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by MAIK “Nauka/Interperiodica”
Subject
Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Biochemistry, general; Microbiology
ISSN
0003-6838
eISSN
1608-3024
DOI
10.1023/A:1022533828803
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Abstract

Ethanol metabolism in Acinetobacter sp. is shown to be limited by the rate of acetate assimilation, a reaction catalyzed by acetyl-CoA synthetase (EC 6.2.1.1). Effects of ions (sodium, potassium, and magnesium), by-products of ethanol and acetaldehyde oxidation (NADH and NADPH), and pantothenic acid on this enzyme are studied (sodium, NADH, and NADPH inhibit acetyl-CoA synthetase; pantothenic acid, potassium, and magnesium act as enzyme activators). Conditions of culturing were developed under which ethanol, acetaldehyde, and acetate in Acinetobacter cells were oxidized at the same rates, producing a threefold increase in the activity of acetyl-CoA synthetase in the cell-free extract. The results of studies of acetyl-CoA synthetase regulation in a mutant strain of Acinetobacter sp., which is incapable of forming exopolysaccharides, provide a basis for refining the technology of ethapolan production involving the use of C2 substrates.

Journal

Applied Biochemistry and MicrobiologySpringer Journals

Published: Oct 17, 2004

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