Studies on some extracellular bacterial proteases.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Litchfield, Carol Darline
Other Authors: Hancock, C. Kinney (degree committee member.), Landmann, W. A. (degree committee member.), Taber, Willard A. (degree committee member.), Vanderzant, C. (degree committee member.)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: [College Station, Tex.], 1969.
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Description
Abstract:The production of extracellular endopeptidase by Aeromonas proteolytica, Merkel et al., was found to be influenced by a number of nutritional factors. There was an inverse relationship between endopeptidase synthesis and grow thin media containing increasing quantities of asparagine. This effect was heightened by the addition of glycerol as a supplemental carbon source. Glucose also had a slight repressive effect. The addition of small quantities of complex proteins acted to derepress endopeptidase synthesis whether the medium consisted of acid hydrolyzed casein or asparagine. The data suggest that endopeptidase synthesis is repressed by several amino acids; additive catabolite repression occurs and derepression results from unknown peptides or proteins. ...
Physical Description:134 leaves illustrations