Glycerol Synthesis Pathway

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Glycerol, a major by-product of ethanol fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is of significant importance to the wine, beer, and ethanol production industries. This investigation aims to gain a clearer understanding of and to quantify the extent to which parameters of the pathway affect glycerol flux in S. cerevisiae.

This investigation represents the data and models submitted to JWS online by Cronwright et al (http://jjj.biochem.sun.ac.za/cgi-bin/getMoreInfo.py?modeldir=cronwright) and ...

A kinetic model of the glycerol synthesis pathway has been constructed. Kinetic parameters were collected from published values. Maximal enzyme activities and intracellular effector concentrations were determined experimentally.

An assay to measure exttracellular glycerol using HPLC

Intracellular metabolite concentrations were determined enzymatically by measuring the oxidation or reduction of NADH or NAD+, respectively, at 340 nm in a Beckman Coulter DU640 spectrophotometer

Intracellular metabolite measurements used for validation of the gycerol synthesis pathway model

MCA of Glycerol Synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae