The Stimulatory Effect of the Non-metabolized Sugar 3-O-Methyl Glucose on the Conversion of Mannitol and Arabitol to Polysaccharide and Other Insoluble Compounds in the Fungus Dendryphiella salina
- 1 April 1973
- journal article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 75 (2) , 287-294
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-75-2-287
Abstract
SUMMARY When 3-0-methyl glucose is actively transported into the fungus Dendryphiella salina metabolizable soluble carbohydrate is converted into polysaccharide and other insoluble material such that the total soluble carbohydrate concentration remains constant. Uptake of 3-0-methyl glucose from 1-0 mM solution is inhibited by equimolar glucose, fructose, mannitol or arabitol and by potassium acetate, both ionic species being involved. The results are discussed in relation to the control of hyphal osmotic pressure.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: