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Anabole und katabole Enzyme des Harnstoffmetabolismus in einem kohlenwasserstoffverwertenden Stamm vonCandida guilliermondii

1977; Akademie-Verlag; Volume: 17; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/jobm.3630170804

0044-2208

W. Metz, G. Reuter,

Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism

The yeast "H" of the genus Candida guilliermondii can grow on hydrocarbons as the only source for carbon. Urea can serve as a nitrogen source for this yeast which lacks detectable urease activity. During urea metabolism ammonia has never been accumulated in the culture medium. However, transferring the yeast from complete urea-medium into an urea containing phophate-buffer, the degradation of urea continues and ammonia is accumulated as well as CO2 evolved. In cell-free extracts of the yeast urea amidolyase activity was detected in the presence of ATP, biotin and specific cations. Obviously, the synthesis of urea amidolyase is induced by urea and arginine and repressed by the catabolite ammonia. Similarly the synthesis of arginase is regulated by arginine and ammonia. The analytical data of the arginase action differ significantly in relation to the carbon source of the culture medium. Both the level of arginase and ornithine carbamyl-transferase change in a characteristic way during the batch-culture. From the lower level of arginase in relation to ornithine carbamyltransferase it can be concluded that especially in alkane-metabolizing yeast the arginine catabolism is not very intensive.