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J Bacteriol. 1980 December; 144(3): 869-876

Inhibition and repression of homocitrate synthase by lysine in Penicillium chrysogenum.

ABSTRACT

Homocitrate synthase in the first enzyme of the lysine biosynthetic pathway. It is feedback regulated by L-lysine. Lysine decreases the biosynthesis of penicillin (determined by the incorporation of [14C]valine into penicillin) by inhibiting and repressing homocitrate synthase, thereby depriving the cell of alpha-aminoadipic acid, a precursor of penicillin. Lysine feedback inhibited in vivo the biosynthesis and excretion of homocitrate by a lysine auxotroph, L2, blocked in the lysine pathway after homocitrate. Neither penicillin nor 6-aminopenicillanic acid exerted any effect at the homocitrate synthase level. The molecular mechanism of lysine feedback regulation in Penicillium chrysogenum involved both inhibition of homocitrate synthase activity and repression of its synthesis. In vitro studies indicated that L-lysine feedback inhibits and represses homocitrate synthase both in low- and high-penicillin-producing strains. Inhibition of homocitrate synthase activity by lysine was observed in cells in which protein synthesis was arrested with cycloheximide. Maximum homocitrate synthase activity in cultures of P. chrysogenum AS-P-78 was found at 48 h, coinciding with the phase of high rate of penicillin biosynthesis.

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