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Birnbaum, Jerome (University of Cincinnati, Cinncinati, Ohio), and Herman C. Lichstein. Metabolism of biotin and analogues of biotin by microorganisms. II. Further studies on the conversion of d-biotin to biotin vitamers by Lactobacillus plantarum. J. Bacteriol. 92:913–919. 1966.—Lactobacillus plantarum growing in excess biotin converts a portion to two vitamers (combinable and uncombinable with avidin) not utilizable for growth. These were detected by differential yeast-lactobacillus assay. In the present study, suspensions of 12- and 72-hr cells showed no converting activity. Vitamer formation by nonproliferating 24-hr cells required glucose and exhibited a lag; 17-hr cells showed neither a lag nor a glucose requirement. Iodoacetate and chloramphenicol inhibited vitamer formation by 24-hr cells, but had no effect on 17-hr cells. Addition of hydrolyzed casein or preincubation in biotin decreased the lag and enhanced vitamer formation in 24-hr cells, but had no effect in 17-hr cells. Apparently, 17-hr cells contain the converting enzymes which degenerate as growth proceeds; the lag exhibited by 24-hr cells represents the time necessary to reform the enzymes. Equal amounts of the two vitamers were formed in 17-hr cells; only the avidin-combinable form was produced initially by 24-hr cells, unless hydrolyzed casein was present. Electrophoresis revealed that the avidin-combinable vitamer has the same charge as biotin,whereas the uncombinable form possesses both positive and negative groups. Column chromatography was used to separate the avidin uncombinable material from biotin and the avidin-combinable form. L. plantarum was unable to accumulate the avidin-uncombinable vitamer under conditions permitting good biotin accumulation. It was concluded that L. plantarum sequentially converts biotin to avidin-combinable and -uncombinable vitamers, the latter being impermeable to the cells.
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