• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.363-368
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• 1988

Molecular cloning of gene for $\alpha$-acylamino-$\beta$-lactam acylhydrolase (ALAH) III from Acetobacter turbidans has been attempted by immunochemical detection method, in which polyclonal antibody from mouse Balb/c against this enzyme was employed as a probe. As a cloning vector, λ gtll was chosen for this purpose. Two positive clones has been selected from genomic libraries of A. turbidans, which had somewhat different binding affinities on anti-ALAH III umm and anti-$\beta$-galactosidase. By restriction analysis, both clones has been turned out to lose one of EeoRI sites. From these results, it concluded that deletion of DNA between lacZ gene and inserted DNA has occurred during replication of these clones in host cells.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.329-332
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• 2001

It has been known that, in enzymatic synthesis of cephalexin, the conversion yield was reduced by high loading of ampicillin acylase. In order to elucidate this phenomena, pH-controlled synthesis of cephalexin was examined using a purified Acetobacter turbidans acylase. When the pH of the reaction mixture was maintained at $6.20{\pm}0.04$, the reduction of the maximal conversion rate was not observed even with high enzyme loading. The kinetic parameters also suggest that pH drop during the enzymatic synthesis of cephalexin was mainly attributed to the rapid hydrolysis of D-${\alpha}$-phenylglycine methyl ester to D-${\alpha}$-phenylglycine, rather than the disappearance of 7-amino-3-deacetoxycephalosporanic acid for cephalexin synthesis. At higher molar ratio of two substrates, [D-${\alpha}$-phenylglycine methyl ester]/[7-amino-3-deacetoxycephalosporanic acid], the conversion rate was also elevated under pH-controlled enzymatic synthesis, which implies that the main reason for the pH drop is due to the production of D-${\alpha}$-phenylglycine methyl easter, the effect of a water-methanol cosolvent system on the ester, the effect of a water-methanol cosolvent system on the conversion profile was also examined. Even the though the conversion rate was increased in 10% methanol solution, a higher than 16% methanol in the reaction mixture caused an inactivation of enzyme.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Applied Microbiology Conference
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• 1986.12a
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• pp.525.2-525
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• 1986

Cephalexin synthesizing enzyme (${\alpha}$ amino acid ester hydrolase) was partially purified from the culture broth of Acetobacter turbidans ATCC9325 through ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE, CM, and Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration. The enzyme has optimum pH 6.0 and temperature, 40$^{\circ}C$ respectively. From the analysis of reaction mixtures by thin layer chromatographic and high performance liquid chromatographic techniques, it was confirmed this enzyme catalyzed simultaneously the following reactions : 1) Synthesis of cephalexin from D-${\alpha}$-phenylglycine methylester (PGM) and 7-amino 3-deacetoxy-cetoxycephalosporanic acid (7-ADCA) 2) Hydrolysis of cephalexin to form 7-ADCA and phenylglycine (PG) 3) Hydrolysis of PGM to form PG and methanol. Base on the above experimental observations, the reaction model of this enzyme was identical with that of the enzyme from Xanthomonas citri.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.194-196
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• 1997

Using the polyclonal antibody for Xanthomonas citri ampicillin acylase raised in Pseudomonas-free Balb/c mice, the immunochemical similarity of several types of penicillin acylases including Erwinia aroideae penicillin V acylase, Escherichia coli penicillin G acylase, Pseudomonas melanogenum and Acetobacter turbidans ampicillin acylases, and Pseudomonas cephalosporin acylase was examined. Among tested, only P. melanogenum ampicillin acylase showed the cross-reactivity with the antibody.