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, Volume 49, Issue 4, pp 375–382 | Cite as

Glucose metabolism of thraustochytrium roseum, a nonfilamentous marine phycomycete

  • Melvin M. Belsky
  • Solomon Goldstein
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Summary

In uniformly labeled logarithmic-phase cells of Thraustochytrium roseum grown in isotopic glucose, 85% of the respiratory CO2 was derived from endogenous reserves and only 15% was contributed by exogenous glucose. Experiments with asymetrically labeled glucose showed that the main portion of metabolic CO2 came from carbon 1 of the glucose molecule, suggesting that the hexose monophosphate shunt is a major pathway for glucose dissimilation in the fungus. The presence of several enzymes of the hexose monophosphate shunt, the Embden-Meyerhof and glyoxylate pathways, and the tricarboxylic acid cycle were demonstrated.

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Glucose Hexose Acid Cycle Glyoxylate Tricarboxylic Acid 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Melvin M. Belsky
    • 1
  • Solomon Goldstein
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of BiologyBrooklyn CollegeBrooklyn

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