Energy requirements for microbial exopolysaccharide synthesis
Energy requirements for microbial exopolysaccharide synthesis
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00414549
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发表时间:
1984-03
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
T. Jarman;G. W. Pace
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作者:
T. Jarman;G. W. Pace
Calculations indicate that at the high specific rates of exopolysaccharide synthesis obtained in continuous cultures ofXanthomonas campestrisand mucoidPseudomonas aeruginosastrains the ATP demand for this synthesis is a significant proportion of total cellular ATP demand. However, depending upon the proportion of polymer substituents more oxidised than the carbohydrate substrate, some, and in certain cases all of this energy can be provided via NAD(P)H2produced during exopolysaccharide synthesis. For xanthan production byX. campestrisa P/O ratio of 2.2 to 2.6, depending on the content of pyruvyl substituents, would be necessary for energy generation as a direct result of xanthan synthesis to support the ATP demand for this synthesis. In sulphur-limited cultures ofX. campestris, however, energy metabolism is shown to be inefficient, the organism exhibiting either a low P/O ratio or lowYATP. In such cultures the yield of exopolysaccharide from glucose was 0.62/g glucose compared with maximum theoretical yields of 0.81 to 0.87/g glucose for P/O ratio of 1 to 3.