Authors: C. Plata¹; J. Mauricio²; C. Millán²; J. Ortega²

Source: World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Volume 21, Number 2, March 2005 , pp. 115-121(7)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

The effect of glucose and dissolved oxygen in a synthetic medium simulating the standard composition of grape juice on the production of ethyl acetate and isoamyl acetate by a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain during alcoholic fermentation was studied. The specific in vitro activity of alcohol acetyltransferase (AATase, EC 2.3.1.84) and esterases (ESase, EC 3.1.1.1; hydrolysis and synthesis of esters) in cell-free extracts was also examined. The specific activity of AATase for ethyl acetate was found to peak at the beginning of the exponential growth phase and that for isoamyl acetate at its end. While the glucose concentration only affected the maximum specific activity of AATase, and only slightly, oxygen inhibited such activity, to a greater extent for isoamyl acetate than for ethyl acetate. On the other hand, esterases were found to catalyse the synthesis of ethyl acetate only at a low or medium glucose concentration (50 or 100 g l^-1, respectively), and to reach their maximum hydrolytic activity on isoamyl acetate during the stationary growth phase. The highest ethyl acetate and isoamyl acetate concentrations in the medium were obtained with a glucose concentration of 250 g l^-1 and semianaerobic conditions.

Keywords: Alcohol acetyltransferase; esterases; ethyl acetate; isoamyl acetate; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-004-2780-5

Affiliations: 1: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Cordoba, Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Edificio Severo Ochoa, 14014, Córdoba, Spain, Email: mi1gamaj@uco.es 2: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Cordoba, Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Edificio Severo Ochoa, 14014, Córdoba, Spain,

Publication date: 2005-03-01

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