Isoenzyme pattern and subcellular localisation of enzymes involved in fumaric acid accumulation byRhizopus oryzae
✍ Scribed by Yoav Peleg; Emil Battat; Michael C. Scrutton; Israel Goldberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 907 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-0614
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✦ Synopsis
Electrophoretic studies of fumarase and nicotine adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-malate dehydrogenase were carded out in the fumaric acid-accumulating fungus Rhizopus oryzae. The analyses revealed two fumarase isoenzymes, one localised solely in the cytosol and the other found both in the cytosol and in the mitochondrial fraction. The activity of the cytosolic isoenzyme of fumarase was higher during the acid production stage than during growth. Addition of cycloheximide inhibited fumaric acid production and decreased the activity of the cytosolic isoenzyme of fumarase. These results suggested that de novo protein synthesis is required for increase in the activity of the cytosolic isoenzyme and that such an increase in activity is essential for fumaric acid accumulation. Three distinct isoenzymes of NADmalate dehydrogenase could be detected in R. oryzae. No changes were observed in the isoenzyme pattern of malate dehydrogenase during fumaric acid production.