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Lipid composition of the mucoraceous fungus Blakeslea trispora under lycopene formation-stimulating conditions

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Stimulation of lycopene synthesis in the mycelium of the mucoraceous fungus Blakeslea trispora was accompanied by major changes in its lipid composition. The phospholipid content in the membrane lip-ids doubled, whereas the sterol and sphingolipid levels changed insignificantly. The amounts of phosphatidyl-choline, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidic acid in the phospholipids and the triacylglycerol content in the acylglycerols increased. The desaturation degree of fatty acids drastically increased against the background of a decrease in that of the neutral lipids. The data obtained are discussed in relation to the mechanism of action of the lycopene formation stimulator.

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Original Russian Text © V.M. Tereshina, A.S. Memorskaya, E.P. Feofilova, 2010, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2010, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 45–51.

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Tereshina, V.M., Memorskaya, A.S. & Feofilova, E.P. Lipid composition of the mucoraceous fungus Blakeslea trispora under lycopene formation-stimulating conditions. Microbiology 79, 34–39 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261710010054

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