title: Inducible production of alcohol oxidase and catalase in a pectin medium by Thermoascus aurantiacus IFO 31693.
abstract: Thermoascus aurantiacus showed the best growth on medium containing pectin as a carbon source. The enzyme involved in the production of catalase in the fungus was alcohol oxidase. Formaldehyde dehydrogenase and formate dehydrogenase, in addition to alcohol oxidase and catalase, were detected in the cells grown on pectin. Alcohol oxidase was alkali resistant (pH 7 to 11), and was comparatively heat stable (55 degrees C).
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioresources Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Matsudo-city, Chiba 271-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Hee-Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Nobuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amachi
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinoyama
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D002374:Catalase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000378:metabolism; D032641:Eurotiales / Q000201:enzymology*; D005560:Formate Dehydrogenases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010368:Pectins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D010368:Pectins; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C019643:alcohol oxidase; D002374:Catalase; D005560:Formate Dehydrogenases; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; C087006:formaldehyde dehydrogenase, glutathione-independent