ISSN:
1432-0614
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Biologie
,
Werkstoffwissenschaften, Fertigungsverfahren, Fertigung
Notizen:
Abstract The enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme-A (HMG-CoA) reductase is known as the rate-limiting enzyme in early sterol biosynthesis in eukaryotic cells. To eliminate this regulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a truncated HMG1 gene, producing a form of the enzyme that lacks the membrane-binding region (i.e. amino acids 1–552), was constructed and overexpressed in this yeast. The transformed strains accumulated large amounts of the sterol precursor squalene, while the levels of ergosterol and a number of other sterol compounds were only slightly elevated. These findings suggest that HMG-CoA reductase is not the only rate-limiting step in sterol synthesis and its overexpression cannot significantly influence this pathway beyond the sterol precursor squalene.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002530051138
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