A pyruvate decarboxylase gene from Aspergillus parasiticus

FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1994 Apr 1;117(2):207-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb06766.x.

Abstract

A gene encoding a putative pyruvate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.1) was isolated from a genomic library of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus parasiticus strain SU-1. The deduced amino acid sequence showed 37% homology to PDC1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Although A. parasiticus has an obligate growth requirement for oxygen, it produced ethanol in shake flask cultures indicating a response to anoxic conditions mediated by pyruvate decarboxylase.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Aspergillus / enzymology
  • Aspergillus / genetics*
  • Base Sequence
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Ethanol / metabolism
  • Genes, Fungal / genetics*
  • Genomic Library
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Pyruvate Decarboxylase / genetics*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Ethanol
  • Pyruvate Decarboxylase

Associated data

  • GENBANK/U00967