Effects of Mutations and Growth Conditions on Lipid Synthesis in Neurospora crassa
AUTOR(ES)
Nyc, Joseph F.
RESUMO
A morphological mutant (col-2) of Neurospora, which is partially deficient in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) activity and has lower levels of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), accumulated three-fold more triglycerides during log-phase growth than the wild-type strain. Increased lipid deposition was not found in other strains that included slow-growing morphological mutants, NADPH-deficient strains, G-6-PD-deficient mutants, wild-type revertants from col-2, and a cel, col-2 double mutant. The cel, col-2 strain was supplemented with an exogenous source of fatty acids because it cannot synthesize these lipid moieties. The observed normal lipid content of this strain suggests that the lipid deposition in col-2 on glucose is due to an overstimulation of fatty acid synthesis and not a deficiency in fatty acid breakdown. The neutral lipid levels in both wild type and col-2 were decreased to identical levels when grown on glutamate as a carbon source. This effect was not due to changes in glutamic dehydrogenase levels. The omission of citrate from the glutamate medium reduced wild-type neutral lipid levels even further, but had no effect on col-2. The variations with time in the neutral lipid levels of col-2 upon changes in these carbon sources are presented, as well as a discussion of the possible types of regulatory effects unique to the col-2 mutation which might affect fatty acid synthesis.
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