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Conversion of furfural to furoic acid and furfuryl alcohol byNeurosporaascospores

✍ Scribed by Frederick I. Eilers; Alfred S. Sussman

Book ID
104749573
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1970
Tongue
English
Weight
592 KB
Volume
94
Category
Article
ISSN
0032-0935

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✦ Synopsis

The metabolism of furfural was studied with regard to possible mechanisms by which the chemical induces germination in ascospores. Incubation of aseospores in furfural resulted in the uptake of a small percent of the furfural, and the conversion of the bulk of it to furoic acid which was in turn converted to furfuryl alcohol. Conversion also occurred in Neurospora mycelium and conidia with the order being furfttral to furfuryl alcohol to furoie acid. Conversion appears to be a nonindueible enzymatic process localized on the outer surface of the cell. Conversion was completely inhibited without preventing germination indicating that conversion is not involved in the breaking of dormancy in Neurospora aseospores.

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