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Streptomyces sp. Y-110, isolated from soil, modified compactin to pravastatin, a therapeutic agent for hypercholesterolemia. In a batch culture, the highest production of pravastatin was 340 mg l−1 from 750 mg compactin l−1 in 24 h. By intermittent feeding of compactin into the culture medium, both the compactin concentration and its conversion increased to 2000 mg l−1 and 1000 mg pravastatin l−1, respectively, with the conversion rate of 10 mg l−1 h−1. Continuous feeding of compactin increased production of pravastatin to 15 mg l−1 h−1.
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Park, JW., Lee, JK., Kwon, TJ. et al. Bioconversion of compactin into pravastatin by Streptomyces sp.. Biotechnology Letters 25, 1827–1831 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026281914301
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