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Formation of Elemental Sulfur by Chlorella fusca during Growth on L-Cysteine Ethylester ¹

Botanisches Institut der Universität München, Menzinger Strasse 67, D-8000 München 19, Federal Republic of Germany, Max Planck Institut für Biochemie, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D-8033 Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany

During growth on L-cysteine ethylester, Chlorella fusca (211-8b) accumulated a substance which contained bound sulfide, which could be liberated by reduction with dithioerythritol (DTE) as inorganic sulfide. This substance was extracted with hot methanol and purified by thin layer chromatography. This substance liberated free sulfide when incubated with mono- and dithiols, and thiocyanate was formed after heating with KCN. The isolated substance cochromatographed with authentic sulfur flower using different solvent systems for thin layer chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, and the identical spectrum with a relative _max at 263 nm was found. The chemical structure was confirmed by mass spectrometry showing a molecular weight of 256 m/e for the S₈ configuration. No labeled elemental sulfur was detected when the cells were grown on [³⁵S]sulfate and L-cysteine ethylester indicating the origin of elemental sulfur from L-cysteine ethylester. C. fusca seems to have enzymes for the metabolism of elemental sulfur, since it disappeared after prolonged growth into the stationary phase. Cysteine was formed from O-acetyl-L-serine and elemental sulfur in the presence of thiol groups and purified cysteine synthase from spinach or Chlorella.

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