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Determinations of the momentary levels of various intermediates related to the activity of the tricarboxylic acid cycle have been made during citric acid production in high-accumulating (manganese deficient) and lowaccumulating (manganese supplemented) mycelia of Aspergillus niger. During the growth period the levels of almost all TCA cycle acids, with the exception of 2-oxo-acids, were unusually high; during the induction phase of citrate accumulation malate, fumarate, and isocitrate decreased, whereas pyruvate, oxalacetate, and citrate increased. The presence of succinate could not be demonstrated. The interrelations of the momentary concentrations of the intermediates mainly demonstrate a lack in activity of 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase, representing a block in the TCA cycle concomitant with a strongly operating glycolysis as a prerequisite for citrate accumulation. Inhibition studies with crude enzyme preparations suggest that an inhibition of malate dehydrogenase by citrate and also inhibition of isocitrate dehydrogenase by citrate and 2-oxoglutarate occur during the production phase as additional factors.
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Kubicek, C.P., Röhr, M. The role of the tricarboxylic acid cycle in citric acid accumulation by Aspergillus niger . European J. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 5, 263–271 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00504714
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