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Uptake of disaccharides by the aerobic yeast Rhodotorula glutinis

Hydrolysis of β-fructosides and trehalose

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Sucrose (and raffinose), trehalose, maltose, cellobiose, and lactose were examined for their transport into Rhodotorula glutinis. Melibiose and lactose were found not to be transported at all. Sucrose, raffinose and trehalose are split by periplasmic hydrolases prior to the penetration of their monosaccharide components into cells, the hydrolysis being the rate-limiting factor for the uptake process. Maltose and cellobiose appear to use specific uptake systems. Experiments with protoplasts of Rhodotorula glutinis support the conclusions that sucrose and trehalose are not consumed in the absence of exoenzymes.

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  1. Laboratory for Cell Membrane Transport, Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague

    Stanislav Janda

  2. Botanisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Michael von Hedenström

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Janda, S., Hedenström, M.v. Uptake of disaccharides by the aerobic yeast Rhodotorula glutinis . Arch. Microbiol. 101, 273–280 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00455944

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