Kock Johan L F, Strauss Catharina J, Pohl Carolina H, Nigam Santosh
Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa.
Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat. 2003 Jul;71(3-4):85-96. doi: 10.1016/s1098-8823(03)00046-7.
One of the best-kept secrets by fungi especially yeast is the function of the different shapes and surface structures of their vegetative and sexual cells. They definitely do not produce these shapes (e.g. round, elongated, kidney, needle, hat, saturnoid, etc.) and surfaces (e.g. smooth, rough, hairy, warty, etc.) for our curiosity or to be classified, but surely produce these for their own benefit. This mini-review will show that a large variety of 3-hydroxy oxylipins are widely distributed in the fungal domain and closely associated with these surface ornamentations. In concert with nano-scale surface structures, they probably play a role in cell aggregation as well as spore release from sexual structures such as asci.
真菌尤其是酵母最保守的秘密之一，是其营养细胞和有性细胞不同形状及表面结构的功能。它们产生这些形状（如圆形、细长形、肾形、针形、帽形、类土星形等）和表面（如光滑、粗糙、有毛、有疣等）绝对不是为了满足我们的好奇心或用于分类，而是肯定对自身有益。这篇小型综述将表明，多种3-羟基氧化脂质广泛分布于真菌界，且与这些表面装饰密切相关。与纳米级表面结构协同作用，它们可能在细胞聚集以及从子囊等有性结构中释放孢子的过程中发挥作用。
