Phosphate repression of cephamycin and clavulanic acid production by Streptomyces clavuligerus |
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Authors: | Ahmed Lebrihi Pierre Germain Gérard Lefebvre |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratoire de Microbiologie Industrielle, E.N.S.A.I.A., Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France;(2) 2, av. de la Forêt de Haye, F-54 500 Vanduvre-lès-Nancy, France |
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Abstract: | Summary Production of cephamycin and clavulanic acid by Streptomyces clavuligerus is controlled by the phosphate concentration. Phosphate represses the biosynthesis of cephamycin synthetase, expandase and clavulanic acid synthetase. In the presence of 2 mM phosphate, the specific activities of expandase, cephamycin synthetase and clavulanic acid synthetase were higher than in the presence of 75 mM phosphate. The specific activity of cephamycin synthetase is maximal with an initial phosphate concentration of 10 mM, whereas the specific activity of expandase is maximal with 1 mM phosphate. A correlation between cephamycin synthetase specific activity and expandase specific activity was established at phosphate concentrations higher than 10 mM. This shows that the expandase is an important enzyme in the mechanism by which the phosphate concentration affects the biosynthesis of cephamycin. |
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