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Kong D, Lee MJ, Lin S, Kim ES. Biosynthesis and pathway engineering of antifungal polyene macrolides in actinomycetes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 40:529-43. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-013-1258-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Polyene macrolides are a large family of natural products typically produced by soil actinomycetes. Polyene macrolides are usually biosynthesized by modular and large type I polyketide synthases (PKSs), followed by several steps of sequential post-PKS modifications such as region-specific oxidations and glycosylations. Although known as powerful antibiotics containing potent antifungal activities (along with additional activities against parasites, enveloped viruses and prion diseases), their high toxicity toward mammalian cells and poor distribution in tissues have led to the continuous identification and structural modification of polyene macrolides to expand their general uses. Advances in in-depth investigations of the biosynthetic mechanism of polyene macrolides and the genetic manipulations of the polyene biosynthetic pathways provide great opportunities to generate new analogues. Recently, a novel class of polyene antibiotics was discovered (a disaccharide-containing NPP) that displays better pharmacological properties such as improved water-solubility and reduced hemolysis. In this review, we summarize the recent advances in the biosynthesis, pathway engineering, and regulation of polyene antibiotics in actinomycetes.
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- Dekun Kong
- grid.16821.3c 0000000403688293 State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University 200240 Shanghai P. R. China
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- grid.202119.9 0000000123648385 Department of Biological Engineering Inha University 402-751 Incheon Korea
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- grid.16821.3c 0000000403688293 State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University 200240 Shanghai P. R. China
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- grid.202119.9 0000000123648385 Department of Biological Engineering Inha University 402-751 Incheon Korea
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Improvement of natamycin production by engineering of phosphopantetheinyl transferases in Streptomyces chattanoogensis L10. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:3346-54. [PMID: 23524668 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00099-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Phosphopantetheinyl transferases (PPTases) are essential to the activities of type I/II polyketide synthases (PKSs) and nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) through converting acyl carrier proteins (ACPs) in PKSs and peptidyl carrier proteins (PCPs) in NRPSs from inactive apo-forms into active holo-forms, leading to biosynthesis of polyketides and nonribosomal peptides. The industrial natamycin (NTM) producer, Streptomyces chattanoogensis L10, contains two PPTases (SchPPT and SchACPS) and five PKSs. Biochemical characterization of these two PPTases shows that SchPPT catalyzes the phosphopantetheinylation of ACPs in both type I PKSs and type II PKSs, SchACPS catalyzes the phosphopantetheinylation of ACPs in type II PKSs and fatty acid synthases (FASs), and the specificity of SchPPT is possibly controlled by its C terminus. Inactivation of SchPPT in S. chattanoogensis L10 abolished production of NTM but not the spore pigment, while overexpression of the SchPPT gene not only increased NTM production by about 40% but also accelerated productions of both NTM and the spore pigment. Thus, we elucidated a comprehensive phosphopantetheinylation network of PKSs and improved polyketide production by engineering the cognate PPTase in bacteria.
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Santos CL, Correia-Neves M, Moradas-Ferreira P, Mendes MV. A walk into the LuxR regulators of Actinobacteria: phylogenomic distribution and functional diversity. PLoS One 2012; 7:e46758. [PMID: 23056438 PMCID: PMC3466318 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 09/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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LuxR regulators are a widely studied group of bacterial helix-turn-helix (HTH) transcription factors involved in the regulation of many genes coding for important traits at an ecological and medical level. This regulatory family is particularly known by their involvement in quorum-sensing (QS) mechanisms, i.e., in the bacterial ability to communicate through the synthesis and binding of molecular signals. However, these studies have been mainly focused on Gram-negative organisms, and the presence of LuxR regulators in the Gram-positive Actinobacteria phylum is still poorly explored. In this manuscript, the presence of LuxR regulators among Actinobacteria was assayed using a domain-based strategy. A total of 991 proteins having one LuxR domain were identified in 53 genome-sequenced actinobacterial species, of which 59% had an additional domain. In most cases (53%) this domain was REC (receiver domain), suggesting that LuxR regulators in Actinobacteria may either function as single transcription factors or as part of two-component systems. The frequency, distribution and evolutionary stability of each of these sub-families of regulators was analyzed and contextualized regarding the ecological niche occupied by each organism. The results show that the presence of extra-domains in the LuxR-regulators was likely driven by a general need to physically uncouple the signal sensing from the signal transduction. Moreover, the total frequency of LuxR regulators was shown to be dependent on genetic, metabolic and ecological variables. Finally, the functional annotation of the LuxR regulators revealed that the bacterial ecological niche has biased the specialization of these proteins. In the case of pathogens, our results suggest that LuxR regulators can be involved in virulence and are therefore promising targets for future studies in the health-related biotechnology field.
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- Catarina Lopes Santos
- IBMC-Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Cao B, Yao F, Zheng X, Cui D, Shao Y, Zhu C, Deng Z, You D. Genome mining of the biosynthetic gene cluster of the polyene macrolide antibiotic tetramycin and characterization of a P450 monooxygenase involved in the hydroxylation of the tetramycin B polyol segment. Chembiochem 2012; 13:2234-42. [PMID: 22961947 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A polyene macrolide antibiotic tetramycin biosynthetic gene cluster was identified by genome mining and isolated from Streptomyces hygrospinosus var. beijingensis. Genetic and in silico analyses gave insights into the mechanism of biosynthesis of tetramycin, and a model of the tetramycin biosynthetic pathway is proposed. Inactivation of a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase gene, tetrK, resulted in the production of a tetramycin B precursor: tetramycin A, which lacks a hydroxy group in its polyol region. TetrK was subsequently overexpressed heterologously in E. coli with a His(6) tag, and purified TetrK efficiently hydroxylated tetramycin A to afford tetramycin B. Kinetic studies revealed no inhibition of TetrK by substrate or product. Surprisingly, sequence-alignment analysis showed that TetrK, as a hydroxylase, has much higher homology with epoxidase PimD than with hydroxylases NysL and AmphL. The 3D structure of TetrK was then constructed by homology modeling with PimD as reference. Although TetrK and PimD catalyzed different chemical reactions, homology modeling indicated that they might share the same catalytic sites, despite also possessing some different sites correlated with substrate binding and substrate specificity. These findings offer good prospects for the production of improved antifungal polyene analogues.
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- Bo Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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Santos-Aberturas J, Vicente CM, Payero TD, Martín-Sánchez L, Cañibano C, Martín JF, Aparicio JF. Hierarchical control on polyene macrolide biosynthesis: PimR modulates pimaricin production via the PAS-LuxR transcriptional activator PimM. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38536. [PMID: 22693644 PMCID: PMC3367932 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Control of polyene macrolide production in Streptomyces natalensis is mediated by the transcriptional activator PimR. This regulator combines an N-terminal domain corresponding to the Streptomyces antibiotic regulatory protein (SARP) family of transcriptional activators with a C-terminal half homologous to guanylate cyclases and large ATP-binding regulators of the LuxR family. The PimR SARP domain (PimR(SARP)) was expressed in Escherichia coli as a glutathione S-transferase (GST)-fused protein. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that GST-PimR(SARP) binds a single target, the intergenic region between the regulatory genes pimR and pimMs in the pimaricin cluster. The PimR(SARP)-binding site was investigated by DNaseI protection studies, revealing that it contains three heptameric direct repeats adjusting to the consensus 5'-CGGCAAG-3'. Transcription start points of pimM and pimR promoters were identified by 5'-RACE, revealing that unlike other SARPs, PimR(SARP) does not interact with the -35 region of its target promoter. Quantitative transcriptional analysis of these regulatory genes on mutants on each of them has allowed the identification of the pimM promoter as the transcriptional target for PimR. Furthermore, the constitutive expression of pimM restored pimaricin production in a pimaricin-deficient strain carrying a deletion mutant of pimR. These results reveal that PimR exerts its positive effect on pimaricin production by controlling pimM expression level, a regulator whose gene product activates transcription from eight different promoters of pimaricin structural genes directly.
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- Javier Santos-Aberturas
- Area of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of León, León, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, Parque Científico de León, León, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, Parque Científico de León, León, Spain
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- Area of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of León, León, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, Parque Científico de León, León, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, Parque Científico de León, León, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, Parque Científico de León, León, Spain
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- Area of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of León, León, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, Parque Científico de León, León, Spain
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Guerra SM, Rodríguez-García A, Santos-Aberturas J, Vicente CM, Payero TD, Martín JF, Aparicio JF. LAL regulators SCO0877 and SCO7173 as pleiotropic modulators of phosphate starvation response and actinorhodin biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31475. [PMID: 22363654 PMCID: PMC3282765 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Accepted: 01/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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LAL regulators (Large ATP-binding regulators of the LuxR family) constitute a poorly studied family of transcriptional regulators. Several regulators of this class have been identified in antibiotic and other secondary metabolite gene clusters from actinomycetes, thus they have been considered pathway-specific regulators. In this study we have obtained two disruption mutants of LAL genes from S. coelicolor (Δ0877 and Δ7173). Both mutants were deficient in the production of the polyketide antibiotic actinorhodin, and antibiotic production was restored upon gene complementation of the mutants. The use of whole-genome DNA microarrays and quantitative PCRs enabled the analysis of the transcriptome of both mutants in comparison with the wild type. Our results indicate that the LAL regulators under study act globally affecting various cellular processes, and amongst them the phosphate starvation response and the biosynthesis of the blue-pigmented antibiotic actinorhodin. Both regulators act as negative modulators of the expression of the two-component phoRP system and as positive regulators of actinorhodin biosynthesis. To our knowledge this is the first characterization of LAL regulators with wide implications in Streptomyces metabolism.
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- Susana M. Guerra
- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, León, Spain
- Area of Microbiology, University of León, León, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, León, Spain
- Area of Microbiology, University of León, León, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, León, Spain
- Area of Microbiology, University of León, León, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, León, Spain
- Area of Microbiology, University of León, León, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, León, Spain
- Area of Microbiology, University of León, León, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, León, Spain
- Area of Microbiology, University of León, León, Spain
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Horbal L, Rebets Y, Rabyk M, Makitrynskyy R, Luzhetskyy A, Fedorenko V, Bechthold A. SimReg1 is a master switch for biosynthesis and export of simocyclinone D8 and its precursors. AMB Express 2012; 2:1. [PMID: 22214346 PMCID: PMC3261101 DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Analysis of the simocyclinone biosynthesis (sim) gene cluster of Streptomyces antibioticus Tü6040 led to the identification of a putative pathway specific regulatory gene simReg1. In silico analysis places the SimReg1 protein in the OmpR-PhoB subfamily of response regulators. Gene replacement of simReg1 from the S. antibioticus chromosome completely abolishes simocyclinone production indicating that SimReg1 is a key regulator of simocyclinone biosynthesis. Results of the DNA-shift assays and reporter gene expression analysis are consistent with the idea that SimReg1 activates transcription of simocyclinone biosynthesis, transporter genes, regulatory gene simReg3 and his own transcription. The presence of extracts (simocyclinone) from S. antibioticus Tü6040 × pSSimR1-1 could dissociate SimReg1 from promoter regions. A preliminary model for regulation of simocyclinone biosynthesis and export is discussed.
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Martín JF, Liras P. Cascades and networks of regulatory genes that control antibiotic biosynthesis. Subcell Biochem 2012; 64:115-138. [PMID: 23080248 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5055-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Onset of the biosynthesis of bioactive secondary metabolites in batch cultures of actinomycetes occurs after the rapid growth phase, following a transition phase which involves complex metabolic changes. This transition is triggered by nutrient starvation or by other environmental stress signals. Expression of genes encoding bioactive secondary metabolites is governed by cascades of pathway specific regulators and networks of cross-talking global regulators. Pathway specific regulators such as Streptomyces antibiotic regulatory proteins, LAL-type and LysR-type regulators respond to autoregulatory proteins that act in concert with their cognate ligands (e.g. γ-butyrolactone receptor proteins and their cognate γ-butyrolactone ligands). Global regulators such as PhoR-PhoP and other two component systems and orphan response regulators, such as GlnR, control set of genes affecting primary and secondary metabolism. GlnR and, therefore, nitrogen metabolism genes are under phosphate control exerted by binding of PhoP to PHO boxes located in the promoter region of GlnR. A few pleiotropic regulatory genes, such as areB (ndgR), dmdR1 or dasR connect primary metabolism (amino acid biosynthesis, N-acetylglucosamine or iron levels) with antibiotic biosynthesis. Some atypical response regulators that require specific small ligands appear to be involved in feedback control of antibiotic production. All these mechanisms together modulate, in a coordinated manner, different aspects of Streptomyces metabolism as a real "protection net" that prevents drastic changes in metabolism that may be deleterious for cell survival.
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- Juan F Martín
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of León, León, 24071, Spain,
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Yong YC, Zhong JJ. Impacts of quorum sensing on microbial metabolism and human health. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2012; 131:25-61. [PMID: 22767136 DOI: 10.1007/10_2012_138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Bacteria were considered to be lonely 'mutes' for hundreds of years. However, recently it was found that bacteria usually coordinate their behaviors at the population level by producing (speaking), sensing (listening), and responding to small signal molecules. This so-called quorum sensing (QS) regulation enables bacteria to live in a 'society' with cell-cell communication and controls many important bacterial behaviors. In this chapter, QS systems and their signal molecules for Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria are introduced. Most interestingly, QS regulates the important bacterial behaviors such as metabolism and pathogenesis. QS-regulated microbial metabolism includes antibiotic synthesis, pollutant biodegradation, and bioenergy production, which are very relevant to human health. QS is also well-known for its involvement in bacterial pathogenesis, such as iin nfections by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Novel disease diagnosis strategies and antimicrobial agents have also been developed based on QS regulation on bacterial infections. In addition, to meet the requirements for the detection/quantification of QS signaling molecules for research and application, different biosensors have been constructed, which will also be reviewed here. QS regulation is essential to bacterial survival and important to human health. A better understanding of QS could lead better control/manipulation of bacteria, thus making them more helpful to people.
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- Yang-Chun Yong
- Biofuels Institute, School of the Environment, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, 212013, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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Beites T, Pires SDS, Santos CL, Osório H, Moradas-Ferreira P, Mendes MV. Crosstalk between ROS homeostasis and secondary metabolism in S. natalensis ATCC 27448: modulation of pimaricin production by intracellular ROS. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27472. [PMID: 22114674 PMCID: PMC3219662 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Streptomyces secondary metabolism is strongly affected by oxygen availability. The increased culture aeration enhances pimaricin production in S. natalensis, however the excess of O2 consumption can lead to an intracellular ROS imbalance that is harmful to the cell. The adaptive physiological response of S. natalensis upon the addition of exogenous H2O2 suggested that the modulation of the intracellular ROS levels, through the activation of the H2O2 inducible catalase during the late exponential growth phase, can alter the production of pimaricin. With the construction of defective mutants on the H2O2 related enzymes SodF, AhpCD and KatA1, an effective and enduring modulation of intracellular ROS was achieved. Characterization of the knock-out strains revealed different behaviours regarding pimaricin production: whilst the superoxide dismutase defective mutant presented low levels of pimaricin production compared to the wild-type, the mutants defective on the H2O2-detoxifying enzymes displayed a pimaricin overproducer phenotype. Using physiological and molecular approaches we report a crosstalk between oxidative stress and secondary metabolism regulatory networks. Our results reveal that the redox-based regulation network triggered by an imbalance of the intracellular ROS homeostasis is also able to modulate the biosynthesis of pimaricin in S. natalensis.
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- Tiago Beites
- IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências (FCUP), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- IPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Santos-Aberturas J, Payero TD, Vicente CM, Guerra SM, Cañibano C, Martín JF, Aparicio JF. Functional conservation of PAS-LuxR transcriptional regulators in polyene macrolide biosynthesis. Metab Eng 2011; 13:756-67. [PMID: 22001323 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2011.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2011] [Revised: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 09/28/2011] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Control of polyene macrolide production in Streptomyces natalensis is mediated by the PAS-LuxR transcriptional activator PimM. Expression of target genes in this strain is positively regulated by binding of the regulator to 14-nucleotide sites showing dyad symmetry, and overlapping the -35 element of each promoter. These sequences have been found in the upstream regions of genes belonging to different polyene biosynthetic gene clusters. All the sequences in the amphotericin, nystatin, and filipin clusters were cloned and the binding of PimM to all of them has been shown by electrophoretic mobility shift assays. The precise binding regions were investigated by DNaseI protection studies. Results indicated that PAS-luxR regulators share the same regulatory pattern in different polyene-producing strains, these genes being responsible for polyketide chain construction, and when available, the genes for sugar dehydration and attachment, and the ABC transporters, the targets for regulation. Information content analysis of the 24 sequences protected in target promoters was used to refine the information-based model of the binding site. This site now spans 16 nucleotides and adjusts to the consensus CTVGGGAWWTCCCBAG. Gene complementation of S. natalensis ΔpimM with a single copy of heterologous regulators of the PAS/LuxR class integrated into the chromosome, such as amphRIV, nysRIV, or pteF, restored antifungal production, thus proving the functional conservation of these regulators. Introduction of a single copy of pimM into the amphotericin producing strain Streptomyces nodosus, or into the filipin producing strain S. avermitilis, boosted the production of both polyenes, thus indicating that the expression of the PAS-LuxR regulator constitutes a bottleneck in the biosynthesis of the antifungal, and also that these regulators are fully exchangeable. This work is the first report of a general mechanism regulating polyene production.
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Du YL, Li SZ, Zhou Z, Chen SF, Fan WM, Li YQ. The pleitropic regulator AdpAch is required for natamycin biosynthesis and morphological differentiation in Streptomyces chattanoogensis. Microbiology (Reading) 2011; 157:1300-1311. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.046607-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The complete natamycin (NTM) biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces chattanoogensis was cloned and confirmed by the disruption of pathway-specific activator genes. Comparative cluster analysis with its counterpart in Streptomyces natalensis revealed different cluster architecture between these two clusters. Compared with the highly conserved coding sequences, sequence variations appear to occur frequently in the intergenic regions. The evolutionary change of nucleotide sequence in the intergenic regions has given rise to different transcriptional organizations in the two clusters and resulted in altered gene regulation. These results provide insight into the evolution of antibiotic biosynthetic gene clusters. In addition, we cloned a pleitropic regulator gene, adpAch
, in S. chattanoogensis. Using the genetic system that we developed for this strain, adpAch
was deleted from the genome of S. chattanoogensis. The ΔadpAch
mutant showed a conditionally sparse aerial mycelium formation phenotype and defects in sporulation; it also lost the ability to produce NTM and a diffusible yellow pigment normally produced by S. chattanoogensis. RT-PCR analysis revealed that transcription of adpAch
was constitutive in YEME liquid medium. By using rapid amplification of 5′ complementary DNA ends, two transcription start sites were identified upstream of the adpAch
coding region. Quantitative transcriptional analysis showed that the expression level of the NTM regulatory gene scnRI decreased 20-fold in the ΔadpAch
mutant strain, while the transcription of the other activator gene scnRII was not significantly affected. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) showed that AdpAch binds to its own promoter but fails to bind to the promoter region of scnRI, indicating that the control of scnRI by AdpAch is exerted in an indirect way. This work not only provides a platform and a new potential target for increasing the titre of NTM by genetic manipulation, but also advances the understanding of the regulation of NTM biosynthesis.
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- Yi-Ling Du
- Zhejiang University, College of Life Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- Zhejiang University, College of Life Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- Zhejiang University, College of Life Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- Zhejiang University, College of Life Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- Zhejiang Zhenyuan Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, PR China
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- Zhejiang University, College of Life Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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Wei J, Meng X, Wang Q. Enhanced production of aureofuscin by over-expression of AURJ3M, positive regulator of aureofuscin biosynthesis in Streptomyces aureofuscus. Lett Appl Microbiol 2011; 52:322-9. [PMID: 21204886 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2011.03003.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS The production of aureofuscin is very low in the wild-type strain. We attempt to increase the production of aureofuscin by over-expression of a controlling gene in the wild-type strain. METHODS AND RESULTS The aurj3M gene was PCR-amplified from Streptomyces aureofuscus SYAU0709, ligated into vector pMD19 and sequenced. The predicted translation of the 579-bp cloned fragment was 97% similar to pimM from Streptomyces natalensis, which has an N-terminal PAS domain and a LuxR-type C-terminal helix-turn-helix. Recombinant bacterial strains were constructed by transforming SYAU0709 with an expression plasmid (pBJJ3M) that contained aurj3M, thereby increasing the number of aurj3M gene copies. CONCLUSIONS Bioassays for the antibiotic compound aureofuscin indicated that the recombinant bacteria had greater antifungal activity than the wild-type strain. Specifically, the recombinant strain produced approx. 600% more aureofuscin, as quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography analysis. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY To our knowledge, this approach has not been attempted in S. aureofuscus before and few genes in the aureofuscin pathway have been cloned and characterized.
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- J Wei
- School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China Food Academy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China.
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Jeon HG, Seo J, Lee MJ, Han K, Kim ES. Analysis and functional expression of NPP pathway-specific regulatory genes in Pseudonocardia autotrophica. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 38:573-9. [PMID: 21259033 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-011-0939-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2010] [Accepted: 01/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Using the genomics-guided polyene screening method, a rare actinomycetes called Pseudonocardia autotrophica was previously identified to contain functionally clustered nystatin-like biosynthetic genes and to produce a presumably novel polyene compound named nystatin-like Pseudonocardia polyene (NPP) (Kim et al., J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 36:1425-1434, 2009). Since very low NPP productivity was observed in most P. autotrophica culture conditions, its biosynthetic pathway was proposed to be tightly regulated. Herein we report in silico analysis of six putative NPP pathway-specific regulatory genes present in its biosynthetic gene cluster, followed by functional overexpression of these regulatory genes in P. autotrophica. Three pathway-specific regulatory genes (nppRI, RIII, and RV) were predicted to belong to a typical LAL-type transcriptional family. Each regulatory gene was cloned under the strong constitutive ermE* promoter in a Streptomyces integrative pSET152 plasmid, followed by direct intergeneric conjugation from a plasmid-containing E. coli donor cell to P. autotrophica. While all the P. autotrophica exconjugants exhibited improved NPP productivity, the one containing nppRIII showed the highest NPP productivity improvement. In addition, culture-time-dependent analysis revealed that the nppRIII-stimulated NPP biosynthesis was more significant in the late exponential growth stage than in the stationary stage. Moreover, the P. autotrophica nppRIII-disruption mutant failed to produce NPP, with significantly reduced transcription levels of most npp biosynthetic genes. The results described suggest that identification and overexpression of key pathway-specific regulatory gene, followed by optimum harvest timing, should be critical factors to maximize the productivity of an intrinsically low-level metabolite such as NPP produced by rare actinomycetes species.
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- Ho-Geun Jeon
- Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea
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Ishida K, Lincke T, Behnken S, Hertweck C. Induced biosynthesis of cryptic polyketide metabolites in a Burkholderia thailandensis quorum sensing mutant. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 132:13966-8. [PMID: 20853892 DOI: 10.1021/ja105003g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Genetic manipulation of the LuxR-type quorum sensing regulator system in Burkholderia thailandensis caused a significant change in the metabolic profile: it led to activation of the thailandamide biosynthesis gene cluster, dramatically increased thailandamide production, and induced strong pigmentation. A novel polyketide metabolite, thailandamide lactone (2), which cannot be detected in the wild type, was isolated from the mutant broth, and its structure was elucidated by high-resolution mass spectrometry and IR and NMR spectroscopy. In a biological assay using tumor cell lines, 2 showed moderate antiproliferative activities. This finding not only points to complex regulation but also serves as a proof of concept that engineering quorum sensing mutants may enable the discovery of novel bioactive natural products encoded by silent or only weakly expressed biosynthetic pathway genes.
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- Keishi Ishida
- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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Santos-Aberturas J, Vicente CM, Guerra SM, Payero TD, Martín JF, Aparicio JF. Molecular control of polyene macrolide biosynthesis: direct binding of the regulator PimM to eight promoters of pimaricin genes and identification of binding boxes. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:9150-61. [PMID: 21187288 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.182428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Control of polyene macrolide production in Streptomyces natalensis is mediated by the transcriptional activator PimM. This regulator, which combines an N-terminal PAS domain with a C-terminal helix-turn-helix motif, is highly conserved among polyene biosynthetic gene clusters. PimM, truncated forms of the protein without the PAS domain (PimM(ΔPAS)), and forms containing just the DNA-binding domain (DBD) (PimM(DBD)) were overexpressed in Escherichia coli as GST-fused proteins. GST-PimM binds directly to eight promoters of the pimaricin cluster, as demonstrated by electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Assays with truncated forms of the protein revealed that the PAS domain does not mediate specificity or the distinct recognition of target genes, which rely on the DBD domain, but significantly reduces binding affinity up to 500-fold. Transcription start points were identified by 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends, and the binding regions of PimM(DBD) were investigated by DNase I protection studies. In all cases, binding took place covering the -35 hexamer box of each promoter, suggesting an interaction of PimM and RNA polymerase to cause transcription activation. Information content analysis of the 16 sequences protected in target promoters was used to deduce the structure of the PimM-binding site. This site displays dyad symmetry, spans 14 nucleotides, and adjusts to the consensus TVGGGAWWTCCCBA. Experimental validation of this binding site was performed by using synthetic DNA duplexes. Binding of PimM to the promoter region of one of the polyketide synthase genes from the Streptomyces nodosus amphotericin cluster containing the consensus binding site was also observed, thus proving the applicability of the findings reported here to other antifungal polyketides.
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Synthesis and antifungal activity of N-aryl-substituted pimaricin derivatives. Pharm Chem J 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11094-010-0498-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cholesterol oxidase is a bacterial-specific flavoenzyme that catalyzes the oxidation and isomerisation of steroids containing a 3beta hydroxyl group and a double bond at the Delta5-6 of the steroid ring system. The enzyme is a member of a large family of flavin-specific oxidoreductases and is found in two different forms: one where the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) cofactor is covalently linked to the protein and one where the cofactor is non-covalently bound to the protein. These two enzyme forms have been extensively studied in order to gain insight into the mechanism of flavin-mediated oxidation and the relationship between protein structure and enzyme redox potential. More recently the enzyme has been found to play an important role in bacterial pathogenesis and hence further studies are focused on its potential use for future development of novel antibacterial therapeutic agents. In this review the biochemical, structural, kinetic and mechanistic features of the enzyme are discussed.
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Bignell DRD, Seipke RF, Huguet-Tapia JC, Chambers AH, Parry RJ, Loria R. Streptomyces scabies 87-22 contains a coronafacic acid-like biosynthetic cluster that contributes to plant-microbe interactions. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:161-75. [PMID: 20064060 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-23-2-0161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Plant-pathogenic Streptomyces spp. cause scab disease on economically important root and tuber crops, the most important of which is potato. Key virulence determinants produced by these species include the cellulose synthesis inhibitor, thaxtomin A, and the secreted Nec1 protein that is required for colonization of the plant host. Recently, the genome sequence of Streptomyces scabies 87-22 was completed, and a biosynthetic cluster was identified that is predicted to synthesize a novel compound similar to coronafacic acid (CFA), a component of the virulence-associated coronatine phytotoxin produced by the plant-pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae. Southern analysis indicated that the cfa-like cluster in S. scabies 87-22 is likely conserved in other strains of S. scabies but is absent from two other pathogenic streptomycetes, S. turgidiscabies and S. acidiscabies. Transcriptional analyses demonstrated that the cluster is expressed during plant-microbe interactions and that expression requires a transcriptional regulator embedded in the cluster as well as the bldA tRNA. A knockout strain of the biosynthetic cluster displayed a reduced virulence phenotype on tobacco seedlings compared with the wild-type strain. Thus, the cfa-like biosynthetic cluster is a newly discovered locus in S. scabies that contributes to host-pathogen interactions.
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- Dawn R D Bignell
- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Du YL, Chen SF, Cheng LY, Shen XL, Tian Y, Li YQ. Identification of a novel Streptomyces chattanoogensis L10 and enhancing its natamycin production by overexpressing positive regulator ScnRII. J Microbiol 2009; 47:506-13. [DOI: 10.1007/s12275-009-0014-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2009] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Miranzo D, Seco EM, Cuesta T, Malpartida F. Isolation and characterization of pcsB, the gene for a polyene carboxamide synthase that tailors pimaricin into AB-400. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 85:1809-19. [PMID: 19707754 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2195-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2009] [Revised: 08/06/2009] [Accepted: 08/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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From cell-free extracts of Streptomyces RGU5.3, a tailoring activity of pimaricin, leading to the biosynthesis of its natural carboxamide derivative AB-400, was recently identified. The two polyene macrolides, pimaricin and AB-400, were produced in almost equal quantities and can be detected in the fermentation broth of the producer strain. This report concerns the isolation and partial characterization of the gene, polyene carboxamide synthase (pcsB), responsible for the bioconversion. The gene encoded an asparagine synthase-like protein, belonging to the type II glutamine amidotransferase family, and was named pcsB. The fermentation broth of a recombinant strain carrying the engineered pcsB gene under the control of the inducible tipA promoter within an integrative vector produces the carboxamide AB-400 as the main polyene macrolide.
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- Domingo Miranzo
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología del CSIC, Campus de la UAM, Darwin 3, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Rebets Y, Boll R, Horbal L, Fedorenko V, Bechthold A. Production of avilamycin A is regulated by AviC1 and AviC2, two transcriptional activators. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2009; 62:461-4. [PMID: 19609289 DOI: 10.1038/ja.2009.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Yuriy Rebets
- Institut für Pharmazeutische Wissenschaften, Pharmazeutische Biologie und Biotechnologie, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Vicente CM, Santos-Aberturas J, Guerra SM, Payero TD, Martín JF, Aparicio JF. PimT, an amino acid exporter controls polyene production via secretion of the quorum sensing pimaricin-inducer PI-factor in Streptomyces natalensis. Microb Cell Fact 2009; 8:33. [PMID: 19505319 PMCID: PMC2698837 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-8-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2009] [Accepted: 06/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Polyenes represent a major class of antifungal agents characterised by the presence of a series of conjugated double bonds in their planar hydroxylated macrolide ring structure. Despite their general interest, very little is known about the factors that modulate their biosynthesis. Among these factors, we have recently discovered a new inducing compound (PI-factor) in the pimaricin producer Streptomyces natalensis, which elicits polyene production in a manner characteristic of quorum sensing. Here, we describe the involvement of an amino-acid exporter from S. natalensis in modulating the expression of pimaricin biosynthetic genes via secretion of the quorum-sensing pimaricin-inducer PI-factor. RESULTS Adjacent to the pimaricin gene cluster lies a member of the RhtB family of amino-acid exporters. Gene deletion and complementation experiments provided evidence for a role for PimT in the export of L-homoserine, L-serine, and L-homoserine lactone. Expression of the gene was shown to be induced by homoserine and by the quorum-sensing pimaricin-inducer PI-factor. Interestingly, the mutant displayed 65% loss of pimaricin production, and also 50% decrease in the production of PI, indicating that PimT is used as PI-factor exporter, and suggesting that the effect in antifungal production might be due to limited secretion of the inducer. CONCLUSION This report describes the involvement of an amino acid exporter (encoded by pimT in the vicinity of the pimaricin cluster) in modulating the expression of antibiotic biosynthetic genes via secretion of the quorum-sensing pimaricin-inducer PI-factor. The discovery of the participation of amino acid exporters in a signal transduction cascade for the production of polyene macrolides is unexpected, and represents an important step forward towards understanding the regulatory network for polyene regulation. Additionally, this finding constitutes the first detailed characterization of an amino-acid exporter in an Actinomycete, and to our knowledge, the first evidence for the implication of this type of exporters in quorum sensing.
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Martín JF, Aparicio JF. Enzymology of the polyenes pimaricin and candicidin biosynthesis. Methods Enzymol 2009; 459:215-42. [PMID: 19362642 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(09)04610-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Pimaricin and candicidin are prototypical representatives of the "small" and the "aromatic" polyene macrolides, respectively. Pimaricin, produced by Streptomyces natalensis, is an important antifungal agent used in human therapy for the treatment of fungal keratitis, and in the food industry to prevent mould contamination. Five large polyketide synthase subunits are implicated in the formation of the pimaricin macrolactone ring, while P450 mono-oxygenases and a glycosyltransferase are responsible for ring "decoration." Two transcriptional regulators directly modulate transcription of certain genes in the cluster; an extracellular cholesterol oxidase also participates in such control. Two regulatory locus external to the pimaricin gene cluster, encoding the two-component PhoR-PhoP system for phosphate limitation response, and a gamma-butyrolactone receptor, contribute to the control of pimaricin production. A quorum-sensing inducer of pimaricin biosynthesis (PI-factor) has been identified recently. Candicidin (also named FR-008) contains an aromatic para-aminoacetophenone moiety derived from para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), which acts as a starter unit in the biosynthesis. Two genes in the candicidin cluster, pabAB and pabC, are involved in the biosynthesis of PABA. Six polyketide synthase subunits encoded by fscA to fscF, containing 21 modules, are involved in the synthesis of the candicidin aglycone. At least three genes (fscO, fscP, and fscTE) encode aglycone modification enzymes. Three genes-fscM1, M2, and M3-are involved in mycosamine biosynthesis and its attachment to the aglycone. The candicidin cluster also includes two ABC transporter genes and four putative transcriptional regulators. Expression of the PABA synthase gene (pabAB) is drastically repressed by phosphate.
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- Juan F Martín
- Universidad de León, Dpto. Biología Molecular - Area de Microbiología, Fac. CC. Biológicas y Ambientales and Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, León, Spain
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Olano C, Lombó F, Méndez C, Salas JA. Improving production of bioactive secondary metabolites in actinomycetes by metabolic engineering. Metab Eng 2008; 10:281-92. [PMID: 18674632 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2008.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Revised: 07/08/2008] [Accepted: 07/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Production of secondary metabolites is a process influenced by several physico-chemical factors including nutrient supply, oxygenation, temperature and pH. These factors have been traditionally controlled and optimized in industrial fermentations in order to enhance metabolite production. In addition, traditional mutagenesis programs have been used by the pharmaceutical industry for strain and production yield improvement. In the last years, the development of recombinant DNA technology has provided new tools for approaching yields improvement by means of genetic manipulation of biosynthetic pathways. These efforts are usually focused in redirecting precursor metabolic fluxes, deregulation of biosynthetic pathways and overexpression of specific enzymes involved in metabolic bottlenecks. In addition, efforts have been made for the heterologous expression of biosynthetic gene clusters in other organisms, looking not only for an increase of production levels but also to speed the process by using rapidly growing and easy to manipulate organisms compared to the producing organism. In this review, we will focus on these genetic approaches as applied to bioactive secondary metabolites produced by actinomycetes.
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- Carlos Olano
- Departamento de Biología Funcional e Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Functional analysis of a BarX homologue (SngA) as a pleiotropic regulator in Streptomyces natalensis. Arch Microbiol 2008; 189:569-77. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0349-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2007] [Revised: 12/22/2007] [Accepted: 01/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Aparicio JF, Martín JF. Microbial cholesterol oxidases: bioconversion enzymes or signal proteins? MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2008; 4:804-9. [DOI: 10.1039/b717500k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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