title: Regulation and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. XVIII. Adenylate level and chlorotetracycline production in Streptomyces aureofaciens.
abstract: The relationship was studied between the energy metabolism of the actinomycete Streptomyces aureofaciens and the biosynthesis of chlorotetracycline by this organism. The energy charge values in a culture of low-production strain were almost identical with those of a production variant but the total sum of adenylates was about 10 times higher. In the stationary growth phase both strains evinced a drop in energy charge values followed by a rise to the original level. An increase in the concentration of inorganic phosphate in fermentation medium caused a suppression of antibiotic formation in the lowproduction strain and further rise in the total adenylate level. The expression of the energy charge in Streptomyces aureofaciens acquires a complex character owing to the participation, apart from the adenylate system, of high-molecular polyphosphates as energy donors and the probable lack of a regulating mechanism such as the adenylate kinase reaction.
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D002751:Chlortetracycline / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D014644:Genetic Variation; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D013304:Streptomyces aureofaciens / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D010710:Phosphates; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D002751:Chlortetracycline