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A Preparative Method for the Purification of Isopenicillin N from Genetically Blocked Acremonium Chrysogenum Strain Td189: Studies on the Degradation Kinetics and Storage Conditions

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Journal of Antibiotics, 64 (6): 447-451 (2011)
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2011.30

Abstract

A protocol for preparative isopenicillin N (IPN) purification, a highly interesting and hitherto unavailable intermediate of the penicillin and cephalosporin biosynthetic pathway due to its high unstability, is described. Culture broths of Acremonium chrysogenum TD189, a strain blocked in cephalosporin biosynthesis that accumulates this metabolite, were treated with acetone and filtered though charcoal and a hydrophobic resin in a single step as tandem columns. The cleared broth was then lyophilized and passed though a Sephadex G-25 column. The last step was the purification to homogeneity of IPN in a semipreparative HPLC equipment and, optionally, a desalting step by Sephadex G-10 column. Once purified, a complete analysis of the stability of the compound and the conditions for its long-term storage was carried out. Our results suggest a first-order model for IPN decomposition for all the pH and temperature analyzed. IPN is more stable at neutral pH, and once lyophilized, can be stored under vacuum and -75 degrees C with a half-life of 770 days. The Journal of Antibiotics (2011); published online 27 April 2011

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