Influence of manganese on cell morphology, protoplasts formation and β-d-glucosidase activity in Phaffia rhodozyma

• Published in: FEMS microbiology letters Vol. 171; no. 2; pp. 155 - 160
• Main Authors: Pera, Licia M., Rubinstein, Laura, Baigorı́, Mario D., de Figueroa, Lucía I.C., Callieri, Danley A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.1999; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Cell morphology; Cell walls; Cytology; Glucosaminidase; Glucosidase; Lytic enzyme; Lytic enzymes; Manganese; Microbiology; Morphology; Phaffia rhodozyma; Potassium chloride; Protoplasts; Protoplasts formation; Yeast; Yeasts; β‐d‐glucosidase; β; glucosidase; Lytic enzyme; Protoplasts formation; Cell morphology; Manganese

Abstract Among several potential cell wall lytic enzymes, such as β-d-glucosidase, β-d-galactosidase, β-N-acetyl-d-glucosaminidase, β-N-acetyl-d-galactosaminidase, and β-d-N,N′-diacetylchitinase, Phaffia rhodozyma showed only β-d-glucosidase activity. MnCl2 increased the activity, but not the produc...