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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1990 February; 56(2): 395-400
Copyright © 1990, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Effect of Environmental Conditions on Extracellular Protease Activity in Lignolytic Cultures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium

^* Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, and Michigan Biotechnology Institute, P.O. Box 27609, Lansing, Michigan 48909

ABSTRACT

Two different types of extracellular protease activity were identified in the culture fluid of Phanerochaete chrysosporium wild-type BKM-F grown in submerged batch culture on N-limited media. The first activity, which appears to be inherent to the active growth phase, displayed a maximum on day 2 and decreased to a very low level on day 4. The second activity, which appeared at day 8 following the peak of ligninase activity, seems to be characteristic of late secondary metabolism and is stimulated by carbon starvation. Cultures started with half the amount of glucose of other cultures showed a remarkably earlier development of secondary activity. In contrast, the fed-batch addition of glucose started when ligninase activity was at a maximum (day 6) completely repressed secondary protease activity and enhanced ligninase production. The addition of exogenous veratryl alcohol increased the level of secondary protease activity, whereas the oxygen supply pattern significantly affected both the time course and the level of overall proteolytic activity. The addition of phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride to growing cultures (0, 1, or 6 days) diminished overall protease activity, while it significantly enhanced ligninase activity. In all cases, the time courses of protease and ligninase activities were negatively correlated, indicating that protease activity promotes the decline of ligninase activity in batch culture.

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