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. 1979 Jan;137(1):384–390. doi: 10.1128/jb.137.1.384-390.1979

Regulation of fatty acid biosynthesis by hydrocarbon substrates in Mycobacterium convolutum.

J M Ascenzi, J R Vestal
PMCID: PMC218461  PMID: 33151

Abstract

When Mycobacterium convolutum R22 was grown on the n-alkanes C13 through C16, the predominant fatty acids were of the same chain length as the growth substrate. Cells grown on C13 through C16 n-alkanes incorporated between 15 and 85 pmol of acetate per microgram of lipid into the fatty acids, whereas acetate- or propane-grown cells incorporated 280 and 255 pmol of acetate per microgram of lipid, respectively. In vivo experiments demonstrated that hexadecane, hexadecanoic acid, and hexadecanoylcoenzyme A (CoA) all inhibited de novo fatty acid synthesis. Hexadecanoyl-CoA was the most potent inhibitor. Hexadecane and hexadecanoic acid inhibited acetyl-CoA carboxylase by up to 37 and 39%, respectively, at 1 mM. Hexadecanoyl-CoA inhibited the enzyme activity by 65% at 50 micrometer. Cells that were grown on C14 through C16 n-alkanes had about 25 times less acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity than did cells grown on acetate or propane, suggesting repressed levels of the enzyme. Hexadecane- or pentadecane-grown cells were found to have 5 to 10 times more intracellular free fatty acid than cells grown on acetate, propane, or ethane.

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