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. 1981 Feb 15;194(2):649–651. doi: 10.1042/bj1940649

Cell-free conversion of isopenicillin N into deacetoxycephalosporin C by Cephalosporium acremonium mutant M-0198.

J E Baldwin, J W Keeping, P D Singh, C A Vallejo
PMCID: PMC1162792  PMID: 7197924

Abstract

In a cell-free system prepared by lysis of protoplasts of Cephalosporium acremonium mutant M-0198, isopenicillin N was converted into a penicillinase-resistant material that behaved like deacetoxycephalosporin C on high-pressure liquid chromatography analysis. This activity was found to be unstable to storage at -80 degrees C; 70-80% of the activity was lost after 1 day.

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