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An NADP+-dependent glycerol dehydrogenase in Aspergillus nidulans is inducible by D-galacturonate

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In Aspergillus nidulans there is an NADP+-dependent glycerol dehydrogenase that is specifically induced on transfer to D-galacturonate medium. In contrast to the previously characterised constitutive NADP+-dependent glycerol dehydrogenase it has a much broader substrate specificity, having activity as an ethanol dehydrogenase, and is subject to carbon-catabolite repression. In addition to the two NADP+-dependent glycerol dehydrogenases, alcohol dehydrogenase I and II are also present on transfer to D-galacturonate medium, and have weak activity as glycerol dehydrogenases.

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  1. Department of Applied Biology, University of Hull, HU6 7RX, Hull, UK

    Heather M. Sealy-Lewis & Valerie Fairhurst

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Sealy-Lewis, H.M., Fairhurst, V. An NADP+-dependent glycerol dehydrogenase in Aspergillus nidulans is inducible by D-galacturonate. Curr Genet 22, 293–296 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317924

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