Structural analysis of cerebrosides from Aspergillus fungi: the existence of galactosylceramide in A. oryzae.

Abstract:

:Glucosylceramide and galactosylceramide were detected in three Aspergillus species: Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus sojae and Aspergillus. awamori, using borate-coated TLC. The cerebrosides from A. oryzae were further purified by ion exchange and iatrobeads column chromatographies with or without borate, and determined the composition of sugar, fatty acid and sphingoid base by GC/MS, MALDI-TOF/MS and (1)H-NMR. We identified them as β-glucosylceramide and β-galactosylceramide. The ceramide moiety of both cerebrosides consisted mainly of 2-hydroxystearic acid and either 9-methyl-octadeca-4, 8-sphingadienine or octadeca-4, 8-sphingadienine. To our knowledge, this is the first study to provide evidence for the presence of β-galactosylceramide in A. oryzae.

journal_name

Biotechnol Lett

journal_title

Biotechnology letters

authors

Tani Y,Amaishi Y,Funatsu T,Ito M,Itonori S,Hata Y,Ashida H,Yamamoto K

doi

10.1007/s10529-014-1631-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-12-01 00:00:00

pages

2507-13

issue

12

eissn

0141-5492

issn

1573-6776

journal_volume

36

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