N. Gundecimerman et A. Cimerman, PLEUROTUS FRUITING BODIES CONTAIN THE INHIBITOR OF 3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLGLUTARYL-COENZYME-A REDUCTASE-LOVASTATIN, Experimental mycology, 19(1), 1995, pp. 1-6
In the fruiting bodies of the fungus Pleurotus ostreatus, also called
the oyster mushroom, we found a competitive inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-m
ethylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase-lovastatin. The appearance of the i
nhibitor during the development of fruiting bodies was followed and lo
vastatin determined in the vegetative mycelium, in the primordia, as w
ell as in different parts of sporocarps of different sizes. Less lovas
tatin was found in stipes as compared to pill or in mature stages in t
he lamellae and basidiospores. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.