ISSN:
0006-3592
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
We have studied the influence of strain of organism, temperature, and medium on the production of the antileukemic intracellular enzyme L-asparaginase by E. coli B grown in shaken flasks. Five strains of E. coli B exhibited wide differences in their capacities to synthesize the EC-2 form of L-asparaginase active against leukemia. For the most productive strain, when grown in a casein hydrolysate medium, maximal production of L-asparaginase occurred at 25°C. At this temperature, the organism required glycerol, glucose, or other mono-saccharides to synthesize L-asparaginase. Synthesis was stimulated when glycerol was used in place of glucose, but not in its presence. The effect of glycerol on L-asparaginase synthesis was most evident when the cells were grown at 37°C, rather than at 25°C. With 0.25% glucose, cells had a specific activity of 409 I.U./g; with glycerol cells had a specific activity of 553 I.U./g. At 25°C, both cell and L-asparaginase synthesis were increased by the use of 0.25% glycerol resulting in only a slight increase in specific activity of the cells. The addition of zinc, copper, manganese, iron, L-asparagine, L-glutamine, or L-aspartic acid had no effect on L-asparaginase synthesis in the casein hydrolysate medium. L-aspartic acid (10-2 M) enhanced L-asparaginase synthesis in a synthetic medium that lacked these metals or L-asparagine, L-glutamine, or L-aspartic acid; cells grown under these conditions had a specific activity of 90 I.U./g.In the casein hydrolysate medium, cell morphology was correlated with temperature of incubation.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.260110615
