A cytochrome P450 was purified from microsomes of Rhodotorula minuta. The optical spectrum of the purified cytochrome was characteristic of a low-spin ferric heme protein. Isovalerate caused a type I spectral change in it. The amino-terminal sequence of the cytochrome was different from those of other known microsomal cytochrome P450s. These results indicate that the cytochrome, which is tentat...

Numbers in the parentheses represent relative activity to inhibit rat liver HMG-CoAreductase. The present communication deals with sensitivity of the growth of yeast strains to compactin. Of approximately 300 strains tested, 4 strains, Rhodotorula glutinis H3-9-1, Sporobolomyces salmonicolor WF 188, Aessosporon salmonicolor IFO 1845 and Citeromyces matritensis IFO 0954, were found to be sensiti...

A new species of Candida was isolated from sphagnum litter overlying a peat bog. It was non-fermenting and assimilated glucose, sucrose, maltose, lactose, galactose and potassium nitrate. The proposed name is Candida mmcorum. A new Rhodotorula species, which i t is proposed to name R. graminis, was isolated from the leaves of pasture grasses. Cultures on solid media were reddish pink and fluid ...

The first author’s name is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is: Maria Teresa Garza-Gonzalez. The correct citation is: Garza-Gonzalez MT, Barboza Perez D, Vazquez Rodriguez A, Garcia-Gutierrez DI, Zarate X, Cantú Cardenas ME, et al. (2016) Metal-Induced Production of a Novel Bioadsorbent Exopolysaccharide in a Native Rhodotorula mucilaginosa from the Mexican Northeastern Region. PLoS ONE 11...

The phenylalanine biosynthetic pathway in the yeast Rhodotorula glutinis was examined, and the following results were obtained. (i) 3-Deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase in crude extracts was partially inhibited by tyrosine, tryptophan, or phenylalanine. In the presence of all three aromatic amino acids an additive pattern of enzyme inhibition was observed, suggesting the e...

Fifteen 7-chloro-4-arylhydrazonequinolines have been evaluated for their in vitro antifungal activity against eight oral fungi: Candida albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. lipolytica, C. tropicalis, C. famata, C. glabrata, Rhodutorula mucilaginosa, and R. glutinis. Several compounds exhibited minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) activities comparable with ...

Abstract: Fhosphofructokinase has been identified and purified from extracts of Rhodotorula glutinlus. Kinetic studies of the enzyme indicated high eooperativity with respect to fructose 6-phosphate. The kinetics for ATP shows no cooperativity as indicated by the hyperbolic behavior of the enzyme. The enzyme is inhibited by ADF. Citrate and phosphate have no effect on the enzyme activity. The r...

Several microorganisms showed the ability to transform the harman alkaloids, harmaline (1), harmalol (2) and harman (5). Harmaline (1) and harmalol (2) were converted by Rhodotorula rubra ATCC 20129 into the tryptamines, 2-acetyl-3-(2-acetamidoethyl)-7-methoxyindole (3) and 2-acetyl-3-(2-acetamidoethyl)-7-hydroxyindole (4), respectively. Harman (5) was biotransformed by Cunninghamella echinulat...