Research Article

Growth on Alpha-Ketoglutarate Increases Oxidative Stress Resistance in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Table 3

Total metabolic activity and selected characteristics of ROS homeostasis in S. cerevisiae YPH250 cells grown in the absence (control) or presence of 10 mM AKG.

ParameterControl10 mM AKG

Metabolic activity, /108 cells0.256 ± 0.020
SOD, U/mg protein187 ± 13185 ± 18
GR, mU/mg protein25.3 ± 3.9
L-SH, nmol/108 cells20.3 ± 1.8

Data are means ± SEM, . different from respective values in control cultures with using Student’s t-test.