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Biosynthesis of triacylglycerol in the filamentous fungus Mucor circinelloides Free

Abstract

Lipid metabolism was studied in 2-d-old liquid cultures of grown at 25 C. Under these conditions, oil accumulated to 0.5 g I with a ?-linolenic acid content (?18:3) of 60 mg I. The major labelled lipids in cultures incubated with [C]acetate were triacylglycerol (TAG), phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). The proportion of label declined in the phospholipids and increased in TAG with time. [C]18:1 and [C]18:2 rapidly appeared in PC and PE and later accumulated in [C]?18:3. TAG-synthesizing capacity was greatest in the microsomal membrane fraction, which accumulated high levels of phosphatidic acid in the presence of glycerol 3-phosphate and acyl-CoA substrates at pH 7.0. Further metabolism of phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol and TAG was achieved by increasing the pH to 8.0. Lysophosphatidic acid:acyl-CoA acyltransferase (LPAAT) activity was particularly high and may have accounted for the rapid accumulation of phosphatidic acid in the membranes. The glycerol-3-phosphate:acyl-CoA acyltransferase (GPAAT) and LPAAT were non-specific for a range of saturated and unsaturated species of acyl-CoA although the GPAAT showed a marked selectivity for palmitoyl-CoA and the LPAAT for oleoyl- and linoleoyl-CoA. ?-Linolenic acid was detected at all three positions of -TAG and was particularly enriched at the -3 position. The preparation of active systems (microsomal membranes) capable of the complete biosynthetic pathway for TAG assembly may be valuable in understanding the assembly of oils in future transgenic applications.

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Keyword(s): gamma-linolenic acid , microsomes , Mucor circinelloides and triacylglycerol biosynthesis
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Biosynthesis of triacylglycerol in the filamentous fungus Mucor circinelloides
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