Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7073463 | Bioresource Technology | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The oleaginous fungus Mucor circinelloides is of industrial interest because it can produce high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acid γ-linolenic acid. M. circinelloides CBS 277.49 is able to accumulate less than 15% of cell dry weight as lipids, while M. circinelloides WJ11 can accumulate lipid up to 36%. In order to better understand the mechanisms behind the differential lipid accumulation in these two strains, tracer experiments with 13C-glucose were performed with the growth of M. circinelloides and subsequent gas chromatography-mass spectrometric detection of 13C-patterns in proteinogenic amino acids was carried out to identify the metabolic network topology and estimate intracellular fluxes. Our results showed that the high oleaginous strain WJ11 had higher flux of pentose phosphate pathway and malic enzyme, lower flux in tricarboxylic acid cycle, higher flux in glyoxylate cycle and ATP: citrate lyase, together, it might provide more NADPH and substrate acetyl-CoA for fatty acid synthesis.
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Authors
Lina Zhao, Huaiyuan Zhang, Liping Wang, Haiqin Chen, Yong Q. Chen, Wei Chen, Yuanda Song,