ESTERASE ACTIVITY IN AN ETHYL ACETATE PRODUCING YEAST
- 1 April 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Vol. 10 (2) , 267-272
- https://doi.org/10.1139/m64-034
Abstract
Whole cells of a yeast formed ethyl acetate from ethanol or glucose under acid conditions only. At pH 5 and above, ethyl acetate formation decreased to a low level probably because of the increased esterase activity of the cells. A cell-free esterase was isolated and partially purified by ammonium sulphate fractionation. The esterase was capable of decomposing both aliphatic and aromatic esters and is probably an aliesterase.Keywords
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- FORMATION OF ESTERS BY YEAST IJournal of Bacteriology, 1953