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Current Trends in <strong>Biotechnology</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong><br />

Vol. 5 (3) 1325 -1337 July 2011, ISSN 0973-8916 (Print), 2230-7303 (Online)<br />

1331<br />

Cephamycin C (mg/l) DCW (g/l)<br />

Fig. 3. Effect <strong>of</strong> minerals on cephamycin C production by N. lactamdurans NRRL 3802 by SmF<br />

have inhibitory effect on the production <strong>of</strong><br />

cephamycin C. Whereas, removal <strong>of</strong> NaCl,<br />

MgSO 4<br />

, FeSO 4<br />

, Na 2<br />

S 2<br />

O 3<br />

<strong>and</strong> K 2<br />

HPO 4<br />

decreased<br />

the production <strong>of</strong> cephamycin C suggesting them<br />

to play an important role in the production <strong>of</strong><br />

cephamycin C.<br />

Calcium has been identified to be inhibitory<br />

to the biosynthesis <strong>of</strong> cephamycin C in resting<br />

cells <strong>of</strong> N. lactamdurans (21). Therefore, calcium<br />

probably does not directly interfere with the<br />

biosynthetic enzymes for either cephamycin C<br />

or efrotomycin. Inhibition is more likely to be<br />

caused by calcium interfering with an enzyme<br />

or cellular process, which is generally the case<br />

in secondary metabolism (22). MgSO 4<br />

is a<br />

c<strong>of</strong>actor for the enzyme ACV synthetase, <strong>and</strong><br />

FeSO 4<br />

for isopenicillin N synthase (IPN<br />

synthase) <strong>and</strong> deacetoxycephalosporin C<br />

synthase (DAOC synthase). Hence they are<br />

essentially required by these enzymes for the<br />

biosynthesis <strong>of</strong> cephamycin C. Sulphur from<br />

sodium thiosulphate gets incorporated into<br />

cysteine by reduction, <strong>and</strong> ultimately into â-<br />

lactam products. Phosphate, despite not being<br />

incorporated directly into the â-lactam nucleus,<br />

affects secondary metabolism in â-lactam<br />

producing organisms. They can independently<br />

inhibit enzyme action, regulate protein<br />

expression <strong>and</strong> limit cell growth.<br />

Optimization <strong>of</strong> fermentation medium using<br />

statistical methods<br />

Optimization using the L 16<br />

-orthogonal array:<br />

Taguchi design was used to determine most<br />

significant factors which affect the production<br />

<strong>of</strong> cephamycin C. The 8 factors selected were<br />

glycerol, yeast extract, L-glutamic acid, K 2<br />

HPO 4<br />

,<br />

NaCl, MgSO 4<br />

, FeSO 4<br />

<strong>and</strong> Na 2<br />

S 2<br />

O 3<br />

. The<br />

concentrations <strong>of</strong> the medium components were<br />

selected based on the production medium<br />

composition that was optimized using one factor<br />

at a time.<br />

Table 4 represents the response table for<br />

means (larger is better) <strong>and</strong> for signal to noise<br />

ratio obtained with L 16<br />

-orthogonal array. The last<br />

two columns in the Table 4 document the delta<br />

Sequential optimization <strong>of</strong> cephamycin C

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