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The localization of lipase in cells of the fungus Penicillium cyclopium was investigated. It was shown by differential centrifugation of a homogenate of mycelial cells that the activity of the enzyme is associated with the cell wall. A study of ultrathin sections of mycelium fixed using the method of Zvyagintseva in an electron microscope showed that the final products of lipolytic activity of the enzyme is localized on the cell wall. Antibodies were raised against the purified A and B lipases from P. cyclopium and their specificity was assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The antibody preparation was used in cytochemical investigation by immunogold labelling. This study permits the localization of cell-bound lipase mainly in the cell wall and in the periplasmic space. The identity of the cell-bound lipase with one of the two extracellular lipases is also demonstrated.
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El Abbadi, N., Druet, D. & Comeau, L.C. Immunocytochemical identification and localization of lipase in cells of the mycelium of Penicillium cyclopium variety. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 42, 923–930 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00191192
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