Anderson D G
Comp Biochem Physiol B. 1985;81(2):423-8. doi: 10.1016/0305-0491(85)90336-0.
Four species of gorgonians: three related pseudoplexaurids Pseudoplexaura porosa, P. flagellosa and P. wagenaari; and the unrelated Pseudopterogorgia americana, are sources of zooxanthellae capable, in purified broken cell preparations, of converting [14C]labeled farnesyl pyrophosphate into squalene. More extensive studies with P. porosa and P. americana zooxanthellae preparations characterize the conversion as enzymatic and demonstrate farnesyl pyrophosphate and reduced pyridine nucleotide as substrates. NADPH and NADH are essentially equivalent. Anaerobic conditions are not required. Despite numerous attempts zooxanthellae formation of sterols, including gorgosterol, from radioactive substrates was unsuccessful. By enzyme studies, we can show only the conversion of mevalonate into squalene as a zooxanthellae capability.
三种近缘的拟丛柳珊瑚属的多孔拟丛柳珊瑚、鞭状拟丛柳珊瑚和瓦氏拟丛柳珊瑚；以及不同属的美洲拟软柳珊瑚，是虫黄藻的来源，在纯化的破碎细胞制剂中，这些虫黄藻能够将[14C]标记的法呢基焦磷酸转化为角鲨烯。对多孔拟丛柳珊瑚和美洲拟软柳珊瑚的虫黄藻制剂进行的更广泛研究表明，这种转化是酶促反应，并证明法呢基焦磷酸和还原型吡啶核苷酸是底物。NADPH和NADH基本等效。不需要厌氧条件。尽管进行了多次尝试，但从放射性底物形成包括戈尔戈甾醇在内的甾醇的虫黄藻实验均未成功。通过酶学研究，我们只能证明甲羟戊酸转化为角鲨烯是虫黄藻的一种能力。
