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Ten filamentous fungi, belonging to five different genera of both higher and lower fungi, including oleaginous fungi and fungi known to produce secondary metabolites, all possessed both ATP:citrate lyase (17–84nmol min−1 (mg protein)−1) and carnitine acetyltransferase activity (9–62nmol min−1 (mg protein)−1). The possession of these two enzymes appears to be a common feature in filamentous fungi.
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Wynn, J., Hamid, A., Midgley, M. et al. Widespread occurrence of ATP:citrate lyase and carnitine acetyltransferase in filamentous fungi. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 14, 145–147 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008853306972
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