Conversion of isopenicillin N into penicillin N in cell-free extracts of Cephalosporium acremonium
- 15 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 194 (2), 645-647
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1940645
Abstract
In a cell-free system prepared by osmotic lysis of protoplasts of Cephalosporium acremonium, isopenicillin N is converted into penicillin N. The epimerase activity of the system is labile.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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