Oxidation of ethane by an Acremonium species.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 32 ·No. 1 ·1976-07-00 ·Pages 14-20

Davies JS, Wellman AM, Zajic JE

Abstract

Ethane oxidation was studied in ethane-grown resting cells (mycelia) of an Acremonium sp. and in cell-free preparations of such mycelia. From resting cell experiments evidence was found for a pathway of ethane oxidation via ethanol, acetaldehyde, and acetic acid. In vitro studies indicated that ethane-oxidizing activity in such mycelia occurred predominantly in the microsomal fraction of crude homogenates. Microsomal preparations were inactive in the absence of added coenzyme. Marked stimulation of activity was obtained in such preparations with reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate and to a much lesser degree with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate. Ethane oxidation was inhibited by sodium azide and carbon monoxide.

MeSH Terms

Alcohol Oxidoreductases/metabolism Ethane/metabolism Microsomes/metabolism Mitosporic Fungi/metabolism NADP/metabolism NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase/metabolism Oxidation-Reduction

Chemicals

NADP Alcohol Oxidoreductases NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase Ethane

Authors & Affiliations

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Davies J S

Wellman A M

Zajic J E

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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.32.1.14-20.1976

Published

1976-07-00

Pages

14-20

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC169998

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