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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1966-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
The penicillin acylase activity of Penicillium chrysogenum was studied. Washed mycelial suspensions of a high penicillin-producing and a nonproducing strain were found to be similar in respect to relative acylase activity on benzylpenicillin, 2-pentenylpenicillin, heptylpenicillin, and phenoxymethylpenicillin. The relative rates for both strains, as determined by 6-aminopenicillanic acid formation, were approximately 1.0, 2.5, 3.5, and 6.0 on the penicillins in the order given. The high producing strain formed both 6-aminopenicillanic acid and "natural" penicillins in fermentations to which no side-chain precursor had been added. Therefore, its demonstrated ability to cleave the natural penicillins, 2-pentenylpenicillin and heptylpenicillin, suggests that at least some of the 6-aminopenicillanic acid produced during such fermentations arises from the hydrolysis of the natural penicillins. At pH 8.5, the mycelial acylase activity of the nonproducing strain was about three times that at pH 6.0; at 35 C, it was about 1.5 times as active as it was at 30 C. When tested on penicillin G or V, no differences in either total or specific penicillin acylase activity were observed among mycelia harvested from cultures of the nonproducer to which penicillin G, penicillin V, or no penicillin had been added. Acetone-dried mycelium from both strains displayed acylase activity, but considerably less than that shown by viable mycelium. Culture filtrates were essentially inactive, although a very low order of activity was detected when culture filtrate from the nonproducer was treated with acetone and the acetone-precipitated material was assayed in a minimal amount of buffer.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-6919
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
738-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1965
pubmed:articleTitle
Penicillin acylase activity of Penicillium chrysogenum.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro