<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper reports about experimental results concerning the influence of 30 nm ZnO nanoparticles on biomass, carbohydrates, β-glucans, proteins accumulation and catalase enzyme activity at <italic>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</italic> CNMN-Y-20 yeast strain exposed to alcohol action. Alcohol in concentrations of 2%, 5% and 10% added to culture medium has been reported to stimulate β-glucans biosynthesis and to inhibit protein synthesis. Low biomass production, with 71% less that control, was detected in the experiments with 10% alcohol. ZnO nanoparticles in combination with alcohol do not offer sufficient protection for the proteins biosynthesis, but efficiently protect the carbohydrates and β-glucans biosynthetic processes, which contents in the biomass are with 16.6% and 19.9% higher than control, respectively. The maximum value of β-glucans content was established in case of cultivation of selected yeast strain on YPD medium supplemented with 5 mg/L nanoparticles ZnO and 2% alcohol. The obtained results allowed the elaboration of new procedure for directed synthesis of β-glucans that contributed to an increase of this component with 30.7%, compared to control.</p></abstract>

This paper reports about experimental results concerning the influence of 30 nm ZnO nanoparticles on biomass, carbohydrates, β-glucans, proteins accumulation and catalase enzyme activity at Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNMN-Y-20 yeast strain exposed to alcohol action. Alcohol in concentrations of 2%, 5% and 10% added to culture medium has been reported to stimulate β-glucans biosynthesis and to inhibit protein synthesis. Low biomass production, with 71% less that control, was detected in the experiments with 10% alcohol. ZnO nanoparticles in combination with alcohol do not offer sufficient protection for the proteins biosynthesis, but efficiently protect the carbohydrates and β-glucans biosynthetic processes, which contents in the biomass are with 16.6% and 19.9% higher than control, respectively. The maximum value of β-glucans content was established in case of cultivation of selected yeast strain on YPD medium supplemented with 5 mg/L nanoparticles ZnO and 2% alcohol. The obtained results allowed the elaboration of new procedure for directed synthesis of β-glucans that contributed to an increase of this component with 30.7%, compared to control.

The Effects of ZnO Nanoparticles in Combination with Alcohol on Biosynthetic Potential of <italic>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</italic>

Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology of Academy of Sciences of Moldova

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology

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The Effects of ZnO Nanoparticles in Combination with Alcohol on Biosynthetic Potential of 

This paper reports about experimental results concerning the influence of 30 nm ZnO nanoparticles on biomass, carbohydrates, β-glucans, proteins accumulation...

The Effects of ZnO Nanoparticles in Combination with Alcohol on Biosynthetic Potential of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 19 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2017-0011

Keywords
nanoparticles, alcohol, biomass production, carbohydrates, β-glucans, proteins, catalase activity

© 2017 Natalia Chiseliţa et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Effects of ZnO Nanoparticles in Combination with Alcohol on Biosynthetic Potential of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 19 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2017-0011

Keywordsnanoparticles, alcohol, biomass production, carbohydrates, β-glucans, proteins, catalase activity

© 2017 Natalia Chiseliţa et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
nanoparticles, alcohol, biomass production, carbohydrates, β-glucans, proteins, catalase activity