| Literature DB >> 11010912 |
M van de Kamp1, T A Schuurs, A Vos, T R van der Lende, W N Konings, A J Driessen.
Abstract
Penicillium chrysogenum uses sulfate as a source of sulfur for the biosynthesis of penicillin. Sulfate uptake and the mRNA levels of the sulfate transporter-encoding sutB and sutA genes are all reduced by high sulfate concentrations and are elevated by sulfate starvation. In a high-penicillin-yielding strain, sutB is effectively transcribed even in the presence of excess sulfate. This deregulation may facilitate the efficient incorporation of sulfur into cysteine and penicillin.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11010912 PMCID: PMC92338 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.10.4536-4538.2000
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792