Intracellular accumulation of trehalose and glycogen in an extreme oligotroph, Rhodococcus erythropolis N9T-4.

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem, 2016;80(3):610-3.

Yano T[1], Funamizu Y[1], Yoshida N[1]

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PMID: 26540516DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2015.1107467

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Abstract
An extreme oligotroph, Rhodococcus erythropolis N9T-4, showed intracellular accumulation of trehalose and glycogen under oligotrophic conditions. No trehalose accumulation was observed in cells grown on the rich medium. Deletion of the polyphosphate kinase genes enhanced the trehalose accumulation and decreases the intracellular glycogen contents, suggesting an oligotrophic relationship between among the metabolic pathways of trehalose, glycogen, and inorganic polyphosphate biosyntheses.

Keywords: Rhodococcus erythropolis N9T-4; glycogen; oligotrophy; polyphosphate kinase; trehalose

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