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. 1982 May;150(2):981–983. doi: 10.1128/jb.150.2.981-983.1982

Induction of acyl coenzyme A synthetase and hydroxyacyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase during fatty acid degradation in Neurospora crassa.

V Hii, J B Courtright
PMCID: PMC216456  PMID: 6461637

Abstract

Neurospora crassa is able to use long-chain fatty acids as the sole carbon and energy source. After growth on oleate there was nearly a 10-fold induction of the acyl coenzyme A (CoA) synthetase and a fivefold increase in the activity of the 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase. There was a slight induction of the enoyl-CoA hydratase and 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase, but no apparent induction of the flavin-linked acyl-CoA dehydrogenase. These noncoordinate changes in the fatty acid degradation enzymes suggest that they are not organized into a multienzyme complex as is found in bacteria.

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