Named after the English biochemist Herbert Grace Crabtree, the Crabtree effect describes the phenomenon whereby the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, produces ethanol (alcohol) aerobically in the presence of high external glucose concentrations rather than producing biomass via the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, the usual process occurring aerobic...
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Inhibition of cellular respiration of isolated systems by high concentrations of glucose; a 'reciprocal' of Pasteur's effect; due, in part, to the inhibition of hexokinase by elevated glucose-6-phosphate. ... Compare: Pasteur's effect. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: krab′trē Definitions: 1. inhibition of cellular respiration of isolated systems by high concentrations of glucose; a 'reciprocal' of Pasteur effect; due, in part, to the inhibition of hexokinase by elevated glucose 6-phosphate.
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