Novel Pravastatin-Producing Penicillium janthinellum Strain Isolated from Soil
Hyperlipidemia is a main risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke. The lipid-lowering drug, pravastatin, is currently obtained by the microbial biotransformation of compactin (mevastatin) to pravastatin. It is clear that pharmaceutical industry has to date utilized only a very minor porti...
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| description | Hyperlipidemia is a main risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke. The lipid-lowering
drug, pravastatin, is currently obtained by the microbial biotransformation of compactin (mevastatin) to
pravastatin. It is clear that pharmaceutical industry has to date utilized only a very minor portion of
nature’s microbial arsenal for the discovery of pravastatin. Therefore, the search for microfungi which is
able to produce this statin directly has gained increasing importance. In this study, a total of 33 soil fungal
cultures were isolated from nine sampling sites in oil palm plantations in Malaysia and tested for their
potential to produce pravastatin. The cultures were cultivated in submerged fermentation followed by
screening for statin production using high-performance liquid chromatography. The best pravastatin
producer was identified to species level using morphological characteristics and molecular biological
approaches. From the tested cultures, 18 fungal isolates were able to produce pravastatin directly by
fermentation. Among these, the isolate ESF20P was the best producer, with a yield of 15.8 mg/l pravastatin.
Molecular identification of this strain showed the highest homology (98%) with Penicillium janthinellum.
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| spelling | ump-115942015-12-21T02:39:58Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11594/ Novel Pravastatin-Producing Penicillium janthinellum Strain Isolated from Soil Seydametova, Emine TP Chemical technology Hyperlipidemia is a main risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke. The lipid-lowering drug, pravastatin, is currently obtained by the microbial biotransformation of compactin (mevastatin) to pravastatin. It is clear that pharmaceutical industry has to date utilized only a very minor portion of nature’s microbial arsenal for the discovery of pravastatin. Therefore, the search for microfungi which is able to produce this statin directly has gained increasing importance. In this study, a total of 33 soil fungal cultures were isolated from nine sampling sites in oil palm plantations in Malaysia and tested for their potential to produce pravastatin. The cultures were cultivated in submerged fermentation followed by screening for statin production using high-performance liquid chromatography. The best pravastatin producer was identified to species level using morphological characteristics and molecular biological approaches. From the tested cultures, 18 fungal isolates were able to produce pravastatin directly by fermentation. Among these, the isolate ESF20P was the best producer, with a yield of 15.8 mg/l pravastatin. Molecular identification of this strain showed the highest homology (98%) with Penicillium janthinellum. International Academy Publishing (IAP) 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11594/1/Novel%20Pravastatin-Producing%20Penicillium%20janthinellum%20Strain%20Isolated%20from%20Soil.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11594/7/Novel%20Pravastatin-Producing%20Penicillium%20janthinellum%20Strain%20Isolated%20from%20Soil.pdf Seydametova, Emine (2015) Novel Pravastatin-Producing Penicillium janthinellum Strain Isolated from Soil. International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, 5 (2). pp. 80-90. ISSN 2010-3638. (Published) http://www.ijbbb.org/vol5/397-B038.pdf doi: 10.17706/ijbbb.2015.5.2.80-90 |
| spellingShingle | TP Chemical technology Seydametova, Emine Novel Pravastatin-Producing Penicillium janthinellum Strain Isolated from Soil |
| title | Novel Pravastatin-Producing Penicillium janthinellum Strain Isolated from Soil |
| title_full | Novel Pravastatin-Producing Penicillium janthinellum Strain Isolated from Soil |
| title_fullStr | Novel Pravastatin-Producing Penicillium janthinellum Strain Isolated from Soil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Novel Pravastatin-Producing Penicillium janthinellum Strain Isolated from Soil |
| title_short | Novel Pravastatin-Producing Penicillium janthinellum Strain Isolated from Soil |
| title_sort | novel pravastatin-producing penicillium janthinellum strain isolated from soil |
| topic | TP Chemical technology |
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