STUDIES ON PENICILLINASE INHIBITORS PRODUCED BY MICROORGANISMS

Studies on Penicillinase

On alkaline hydrolysis, penicillins are converted into penicilloic acids (1). Penicillinase appears to bring about the same transformation, in which a carboxyl group of pK 4.7 is generated (2). Foster (3) allowed penicillinase to act on penicillin in bicarbonate buffer in the Warburg respirometer and observed the evolution of COZ. Since such a reaction can be followed simply and with considerab...

Comparative Studies of Penicillinase Induction in Microorganisms by Natural and Semi- Synthetic Penicillins

Studies on the circulatory changes in the dog produced by endotoxin from gram-negative microorganisms.

A clinical problem of increasing magnitude is the occurrence of hypotension in patients with bacteremia associated with the liberation of endotoxin from gram-negative microorganisms (1-3). Although the local vascular effects of endotoxin have been extensively studied in animals, particularly with reference to necrotizing effects on tumors (4, 5) and the Schwartzman reaction (6, 7), the hemodyna...

In Vivo Studies on Staphylococcal Penicillinase.

Eyckmans, Luc (Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Tex.), and Ralph Tompsett. In vivo studies on staphylococcal penicillinase. J. Bacteriol. 90:589-593. 1965.-The amounts of staphylococcal penicillinase present in tissue of mice with well-established infections due to penicillin-resistant staphylococci were determined. The data indicate that, in the presence of such infection, penicillina...

Recent development of two chitinase inhibitors, Argifin and Argadin, produced by soil microorganisms

Chitin, the second most abundant polysaccharide in nature, occurs in fungi, some algae and many invertebrates, including insects. Thus, chitin synthesis and degradation could represent specific targets for fungicides and insecticides. Chitinases hydrolyze chitin into oligomers of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine at key points in the life cycles of organisms, consequently, chitinase inhibitors have become...