''Streptomyces chartreusis'' is a bacterium species from the genus of ''
Streptomyces
''Streptomyces'' is the largest genus of Actinomycetota and the type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae. Over 500 species of ''Streptomyces'' bacteria have been described. As with the other Actinomycetota, streptomycetes are gram-positive, ...
'' which has been isolated from soil in
Africa
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Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
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/ref> ''Streptomyces chartreusis'' produces N-deacyltunicamycin, elsamicin A, aminoacylase
In enzymology, an aminoacylase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
: N-acyl-L-amino acid + H2O carboxylate + L-amino acid
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Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are N-acyl-L-amino acid and H2O, whereas its two p ...
and chartreusin.
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See also
* List of Streptomyces species
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References
External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces chartreusis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
chartreusis
Bacteria described in 1953
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