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Correspondence to:
Laurence Méjanelle, To whom correspondence should be addressed., lamqam{at}iiqab.csic.es (E-mail)
Halotolerant and halophilic melanized fungi were recently described in hypersaline waters. A close study of the sterol composition of such fungi, namely Hortaea werneckii, Alternaria alternata, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, Cladosporium sp., and Aureobasidium pullulans revealed the dominance of ergosterol and the presence of 29 intermediates of its biosynthesis pathway. The presence or absence of intermediates from distinct synthesis routes gave insight into the operative synthetic pathways from 4,4,14-trimethylcholesta-8,24-dien-3ß-ol (lanosterol) to ergosterol in melanized fungi and in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a reference yeast cultured in parallel.
In all studied melanized fungi, initial methylation at C-24 took place before C-14 and C-4 demethylation, involving a different reaction sequence from that observed in S. cerevisiae. Further transformation was observed to occur through various routes. In A. alternata, isomerization at C-7 takes place prior to desaturation at C-5 and C-22, and methylene reduction at C-24. In addition to these pathways in Cladosporium spp., H. werneckii, and A. pullulans, ergosterol may also be synthesized through reduction of the C-24 methylene group before desaturation at C-5 and C-22 or vice versa. Moreover, in all studied melanized fungi except A. alternata, ergosterol biosynthesis may also proceed through C-24 methylene reduction prior to C-4 demethylation. — Méjanelle, L., J. F. Lòpez, N. Gunde-Cimerman, and J. O. Grimalt. Ergosterol biosynthesis in novel melanized fungi from hypersaline environments. J. Lipid Res. 2001. 42: 352;–358.
Supplementary key words:
Hortaea werneckii, Alternaria alternata, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, Cladosporium sp., Aureobasidium pullulans
Copyright © 2001 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Original Article
Ergosterol biosynthesis in novel melanized fungi from hypersaline environments
Laurence Méjanellea,
Jordi F. Lòpeza,
Nina Gunde-Cimermanb, and
Joan O. Grimalta
a Department of Environmental Chemistry, I.C.E.R.-C.S.I.C., Jordi Girona, 18. 08034-Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
b Biology Department, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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