The yeast Torulopsis gropengiesseri converts long-chain alkanes into glycolipids which incorporate oxidised derivatives of the alkanes. Comparison of the lipid constituents of glycolipids derived from C12—C24 alkanes, a variety of oxygenated alkane derivatives, and a series of methyl β-alkoxypropionates has indicated that the major pathway of alkane metabolism involves the formation of alkan-1-ols which are subsequently dehydrogenated ...
