FORMATION OF BACITRACIN BY PROTOPLASTS OF BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS
- 1 June 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 81 (6) , 986-+
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.81.6.986-989.1961
Abstract
Protoplasts of Bacillus licheniformis, prepared by the action of lysozyme, form bacitracin in amounts comparable to whole cells. Antibiotic formation requires the addition of six of the ten constituent amino acids. The formation of antibiotic is inhibited by the addition of D-phenylalanine and this inhibition is released by added L-phenylalanine. These results indicate that the formation of bacitracin involves the utilization of L-phenylalanine.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- FORMATION OF BACITRACIN BY WASHED CELL SUSPENSIONS OF BACILLUS LICHENIFORMISJournal of Bacteriology, 1960
- The Qualitative and Quantitative Amino Acid Content of Bacitracin AJournal of Biological Chemistry, 1952