Oscillatory metabolism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in continuous culture.

Short-period (40-50 min) synchronized metabolic oscillation was found in a continuous culture of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under aerobic conditions at low-dilution rates. During oscillation, many parameters changed cyclically, such as dissolved oxygen concentration, respiration rate, ethanol and acetate concentrations in the culture, glycogen, ATP, NADH, pyruvate and acetate concentrations in the cells. These changes were considered to be associated with glycogen metabolism. When glycogen was degraded, the respiro-fermentative phase was observed, in which ethanol was produced and the respiration rate decreased. In this phase, the levels of intracellular pyruvate and acetate became minimum, ATP became high and intracellular pH at its lowest level. When glycogen metabolism changed from degradation to accumulation, the respiratory phase started, during which ethanol was re-assimilated from the culture and the respiration rate increased. Intracellular pyruvate and acetate became maximum, ATP decreased and the intracellular pH appeared high. These findings may indicate new aspects of the control mechanism of glycogen metabolism and how respiration and ethanol fermentation are regulated together under aerobic conditions.

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