Cellular fatty acid and ester formation by brewers' yeast.

Choline Kinase from Brewers’ Yeast

Choline kinase was purified approximately 300-fold, in 5% yield, from an autolysate of dried brewers’ yeast. A molecular weight of 67,000 was estimated using a Stokes radius of 33 A, as determined by Sephadex G-200 chromatography. An s~,,,~ of 4.8 S was obtained by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. Enzyme activity was diminished by sulfhydryl inhibitors and stabilized by the presence of ...

Pseudoporphyria associated with consumption of brewers' yeast.

A case of pseudoporphyria associated with excessive consumption of brewers ' yeast was studied. Detailed analysis of the yeast tablets by high performance liquid chromatography showed the presence of dicarboxylic deuteroporphyrin , mesoporphyrin, and protoporphyrin; coproporphyrin I and III isomers; and uroporphyrin I and III isomers. The faecal porphyrin concentration of the patient taking yea...

Intermolecular Dynamics between Alcohols and Fatty Acid Ester Solvents

This work focused on the interactions which occur between ester solvents and alcohol solutes. The alcohols selected ranged from the simplest alcohol (methanol) to C10-alcohols, and solubility predictions in the form of infinite dilution activity coefficients were made using the Modified UNIFAC Dortmund group contribution model. The model computation was set up on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet s...

FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER PROFILING OF Enterococcus and E

Cellular fatty acid metabolism and cancer.

Cancer cells often have characteristic changes in metabolism. Cellular proliferation, a common feature of all cancers, requires fatty acids for synthesis of membranes and signaling molecules. Here, we provide a view of cancer cell metabolism from a lipid perspective, and we summarize evidence that limiting fatty acid availability can control cancer cell proliferation.