Stabilisation of the fatty acid decarboxylase from Chlorella variabilis by caprylic acid

Metabolism of Fatty Acid Hydroperoxides by Chlorella pyrenoidosa.

The green alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa was examined for its ability to metabolize 13-hydroperoxylinoleic and 13-hydroperoxylinolenic acids. The study showed that Chlorella extracts possessed hydroperoxide dehydrase and other enzymes of the jasmonic acid pathway. However, under normal laboratory conditions for culture growth, neither jasmonic acid nor metabolites of the jasmonic acid pathway were ...

Fatty Acid Profles of Ram's Sperm after Removing Some Fatty Acid Sources from the Diets and Persistency of Fatty Acids in Sperm

Ozone-induced Fatty Acid and Viability Changes in Chlorella.

Ozone-treated cells of the photosynthetic green alga Chlorella sorokiniana var. pacificensis exhibit an exponential decline in viability, as measured by their ability to form colonies on agar plates. Postexposure conditions appear to have little, if any, effect on this rate of decline. Except in young (early exponential phase) cells, culture age did not affect this rate. The decline in cell via...

Gene transfer of Chlorella vulgaris n-3 fatty acid desaturase optimizes the fatty acid composition of human breast cancer cells

Chlorella vulgaris has the gene of n-3 fatty acid desaturase (CvFad3), which can synthesize the precursor of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) or convert n-6 to n-3 PUFAs. The objective of the present study was to examine whether the CvFad3 gene from C. vulgaris can be functionally and efficiently expressed in human breast cancer cells and whether its expression can exert a significant ef...

Induction of the d-Amino Acid Oxidase from Trigonopsis variabilis.

Induction of the d-amino acid oxidase (EC. 1.4.3.3) from the yeast Trigonopsis variabilis was investigated by using a minimal medium containing glucose as the carbon and energy source, (NH(inf4))(inf2)SO(inf4) as the nitrogen source, and various d- and dl-amino acid derivatives as inducers. The best new inducers found were N-carbamoyl-d-alanine, N-acetyl-d-tryptophan, and N-chloroacetyl-d-(alph...