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Increased and decreased sensitivity to carbon catabolite repression of enzymes of acetate metabolism in mutants of Aspergillus nidulans

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The creA204, creB15 and creC27 mutations have been shown to cause carbon catabolite derepression of acetyl CoA synthase and isocitrate lyase in Aspergillus nidulans. A recessive mutation, cre-34, which is linked to the creC gene, results in these enzymes being more sensitive than cre or wildtype strains to catabolite repression. The acetamidase levels of strains containing cre mutations have been investigated and provide support for the hypothesis that an acetate metabolite, rather than acetamide, induces this enzyme.

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  1. Department of Genetics, La Trobe University, 3083, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

    Joan M. Kelly & M. J. Hynes

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Kelly, J.M., Hynes, M.J. Increased and decreased sensitivity to carbon catabolite repression of enzymes of acetate metabolism in mutants of Aspergillus nidulans . Molec. Gen. Genet. 156, 87–92 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00272256

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