title: [Central metabolism in Acinetobacter sp. grown on ethanol].
abstract: The ethanol-grown cells of the mutant Acinetobacter sp. strain 1NG, incapable of producing exopolysaccharides, were analyzed for the activity of enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and some biosynthetic pathways. In spite of the presence of both key enzymes (isocitrate lyase and malate synthase) of the glyoxylate cycle, these cells also contained all enzymes of the TCA cycle, which presumably serves biosynthetic functions. This was evident from the high activity of isocitrate dehydrogenase and glutamate dehydrogenase and the low activity of 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase. Pyruvate was formed in the reaction catalyzed by oxaloacetate decarboxylase, whereas phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) was synthesized by the two key enzymes (PEP carboxykinase and PEP synthase) of gluconeogenesis. The proportion between these enzymes was different in the exponential and the stationary growth phases. The addition of the C4-dicarboxylic acid fumarate to the ethanol-containing growth medium led to a 1.5- to 2-fold increase in the activity of enzymes of the glyoxylate cycle, as well as of fumarate hydratase, malate dehydrogenase, PEP synthase, and PEP carboxykinase (the activity of the latter enzyme increased by more than 7.5 times). The data obtained can be used to improve the biotechnology of production of the microbial exopolysaccharide ethapolan on C2-substrates.
authors.affiliation: Zabolotnyi Institute of Microbiology and Virology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, ul. Zabolotnogo 154, Kiev, 03143 Ukraine.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Pirog
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Kuz'minskaia
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism; D002952:Citric Acid Cycle; D003470:Culture Media; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005649:Fumarate Hydratase / Q000378:metabolism; D005650:Fumarates; D005943:Gluconeogenesis; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D007522:Isocitrate Lyase / Q000378:metabolism; D007655:Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008292:Malate Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate / Q000378:metabolism; D019764:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (ATP) / Q000378:metabolism; D017866:Phosphotransferases (Paired Acceptors) / Q000378:metabolism; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D005650:Fumarates; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D000431:Ethanol; D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; C032005:fumaric acid; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase; D007655:Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase; D008292:Malate Synthase; D017866:Phosphotransferases (Paired Acceptors); C022509:pyruvate, water dikinase; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; C021916:oxaloacetate decarboxylase; D019764:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (ATP); D007522:Isocitrate Lyase; D005649:Fumarate Hydratase