Influence of short-chain fatty acids on the production of spiramycin by Streptomyces ambofaciens |
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Authors: | Saïda Khaoua Ahmed Lebrihi Mohamed Laakel François Schneider Pierre Germain Gerard Lefebvre |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratoire de Microbiologie Industrielle, ENSAIA, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, 2 Avenue de la Forêt de Haye, F-54 500 Vandoeuvre, France |
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Abstract: | Summary The addition of short-chain fatty acids stimulates the production of spiramycin by Streptomyces ambofaciens cultivated on dextrins and ammonium chloride. The fatty acids were activated by two enzymatic systems. The first system (acyl-CoA synthetases) was present only during the exponential phase. The second system (acylkinases coupled with acylphosphotransferases) was synthesized during the growth phase and during the stationary phase, in which spiramycin production started. Short-chain fatty acids induced the synthesis of acylkinases and acylphosphotransferases. Added at the beginning of cultures, they increased the specific activity of these enzymes during the exponential growth phase. Added at the early stationary phase, the specific activity of these enzymes and of the spiramycin production increased. Excess ammonium in the culture considerably lowered the specific activity of acylkinases synthesized in the stationary phase, when spiramycin productiin started. This ammonium effect can be reduced by the addition of short-chain fatty acids.Offprint requests to: A. Lebrihi |
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