A study of triglyceride metabolism in Mycobacterium smegmatis.

In mammalian tissues three pathways have been delin¬ eated as being involved in triglyceride (TG) biosynthesis: XVTable Page 9. Effects of CTP on the Incorporation of l^C-oleate into Lipids by Pellet Fractions Prepared From Glucose Grown Young M. Smegmatis Cell-Free Extracts • .68 10* Effects of EDTA on the Incorporation of l^C-oleate into Lipids by Washed Pellet Fractions Prepared From Glucose Grown Young M. Smegmatis Cell-Free Extracts . .70 11.Effects of Tris Buffer and Phosphate Buffer 14c-oleate into Lipids by Pellet Fractions Prepared From Glucose Grown Young M. Smegmatis Cell-Free Extracts . .71 12. Incorporation of T4c-oleate into Lipids by Pellet Fractions Prepared From Glucose Grown Old M. Smegmatis Cell-Free Extracts ...... 72 13.Incorporation of -^C-oleate into Lipids by Pellet Fractions Prepared From Glycerol Grown Old M. Smegmatis Cell-Free Extracts.. 73 14.Incorporation of 3H-Glucose into Lipids by Total Cell-Free Extracts of Young Glycerol Grown M. Smegmatis.. 75 15.Incorporation of ^C-Fructose 1,6-diphosphate into Lipids by Pellet Fractions Prepared From Young Glucose Grown M. Smegmatis Cell-Free Extracts .77 into Lipids by Pellet Fractions Prepared From Glucose Grown Young M. Smegmatis Cell-Free Extracts.. . . . .