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Jin S, Chen H, Zhang J, Lin Z, Qu X, Jia X, Lei C. Analyzing and engineering of the biosynthetic pathway of mollemycin A for enhancing its production. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2024; 9:445-452. [PMID: 38606205 PMCID: PMC11007384 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2024.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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Mollemycin A (MOMA) is a unique glyco-hexadepsipeptide-polyketide that was isolated from a Streptomyces sp. derived from the Australian marine environment. MOMA exhibits remarkable inhibitory activity against both drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant malaria parasites. Optimizing MOMA through structural modifications or product enhancements is necessary for the development of effective analogues. However, modifying MOMA using chemical approaches is challenging, and the production titer of MOMA in the wild-type strain is low. This study identified and characterized the biosynthetic gene cluster of MOMA for the first time, proposed its complex biosynthetic pathway, and achieved an effective two-pronged enhancement of MOMA production. The fermentation medium was optimized to increase the yield of MOMA from 0.9 mg L-1 to 1.3 mg L-1, a 44% boost. Additionally, a synergistic mutant strain was developed by deleting the momB3 gene and overexpressing momB2, resulting in a 2.6-fold increase from 1.3 mg L-1 to 3.4 mg L-1. These findings pave the way for investigating the biosynthetic mechanism of MOMA, creating opportunities to produce a wide range of MOMA analogues, and developing an efficient strain for the sustainable and economical production of MOMA and its analogues.
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- Shixue Jin
- School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, 14 Medical Dr, Singapore, 117599
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- School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201203, China
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Díaz-Cruz GA, Bignell DRD. Exploring the specialized metabolome of the plant pathogen Streptomyces sp. 11-1-2. Sci Rep 2024; 14:10414. [PMID: 38710735 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60630-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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Streptomyces bacteria are notable for producing chemically diverse specialized metabolites that exhibit various bioactivities and mediate interactions with different organisms. Streptomyces sp. 11-1-2 is a plant pathogen that produces nigericin and geldanamycin, both of which display toxic effects against various plants. Here, the 'One Strain Many Compounds' approach was used to characterize the metabolic potential of Streptomyces sp. 11-1-2. Organic extracts were prepared from 11-1-2 cultures grown on six different agar media, and the extracts were tested in antimicrobial and plant bioassays and were subjected to untargeted metabolomics and molecular networking. Most extracts displayed strong bioactivity against Gram-positive bacteria and yeast, and they exhibited phytotoxic activity against potato tuber tissue and radish seedlings. Several known specialized metabolites, including musacin D, galbonolide B, guanidylfungin A, meridamycins and elaiophylin, were predicted to be present in the extracts along with closely related compounds with unknown structure and bioactivity. Targeted detection confirmed the presence of elaiophylin in the extracts, and bioassays using pure elaiophylin revealed that it enhances the phytotoxic effects of geldanamycin and nigericin on potato tuber tissue. Overall, this study reveals novel insights into the specialized metabolites that may mediate interactions between Streptomyces sp. 11-1-2 and other bacteria and eukaryotic organisms.
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- Gustavo A Díaz-Cruz
- Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
- Phytopathology Department, Plant Protection Research Center (CIPROC), Agronomy School, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
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- Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
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Deng MR, Chik SY, Li Y, Zhu H. An in-cluster Sfp-type phosphopantetheinyl transferase instead of the holo-ACP synthase activates the granaticin biosynthesis under natural physiological conditions. Front Chem 2022; 10:1112362. [PMID: 36618868 PMCID: PMC9813960 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1112362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Bacterial aromatic polyketides are mainly biosynthesized by type II polyketide synthases (PKSs). The PKSs cannot be functional unless their acyl carrier proteins (ACPs) are phosphopantetheinylated by phosphopantetheinyl transferases (PPTases). Gra-ORF32 was identified as an in-cluster PPTase dedicated for granaticin biosynthesis in Streptomyces vietnamensis and the Arg- and Pro-rich N terminus was found to be crucial for catalytic activity. Overexpression of the encoding genes of the holo-ACP synthases of fatty acid synthases (FAS ACPSs) of both E. coli and S. vietnamensis could efficiently activate the production of granaticins in the Δgra-orf32 mutant, suggesting the ACP of granaticin (graACP) is an efficient substrate for FAS ACPSs. However, Gra-ORF32, the cognate PPTase of the graACP, could not compensate the conditional deficiency of ACPS in E. coli HT253, indicating that it has evolved to be functionally segregated from fatty acid biosynthesis. Nine out of eleven endogenous and all the tested exogenous non-cognate PPTases could activate the production of granaticins to varied extents when overexpressed in the Δgra-orf32 mutant, indicating that ACPs of type II PKSs could also be widely recognized as effective substrates by the Sfp-type PPTases. The exogenous PPTases of type II PKSs activated the production of granaticins with much higher efficiency, suggesting that the phylogenetically distant in-cluster PPTases of type II PKSs could share substrate preferences for the ACPs of type II PKSs. A significantly elevated production of granaticins was observed when the mutant Δgra-orf32 was cultivated on ISP2 plates, which was a consequence of crosstalk between the granaticin pathway and a kinamycin-like pathway as revealed by transcriptome analysis and pathway inactivations. Although the host FAS ACPS could efficiently activate the production of granaticins when overexpressed, only Gra-ORF32 activated the efficient production of granaticins under natural physiological conditions, indicating that the activity of the host FAS ACPS was strictly regulated, possibly by binding the FAS holo-ACP product with high affinity. Our findings would contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of how the ACPs of type II PKSs are activated and facilitate the future functional reconstitutions of type II PKSs in E. coli.
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- Ming-Rong Deng
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application (MARA), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application (MARA), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Ashraf N, Zafar S, Makitrynskyy R, Bechthold A, Spiteller D, Song L, Anwar MA, Luzhetskyy A, Khan AN, Akhtar K, Khaliq S. Revealing Genome-Based Biosynthetic Potential of Streptomyces sp. BR123 Isolated from Sunflower Rhizosphere with Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial Activity. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11081057. [PMID: 36009926 PMCID: PMC9405382 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11081057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2022] [Revised: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Actinomycetes, most notably the genus Streptomyces, have great importance due to their role in the discovery of new natural products, especially for finding antimicrobial secondary metabolites that are useful in the medicinal science and biotechnology industries. In the current study, a genome-based evaluation of Streptomyces sp. isolate BR123 was analyzed to determine its biosynthetic potential, based on its in vitro antimicrobial activity against a broad range of microbial pathogens, including gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and fungi. A draft genome sequence of 8.15 Mb of Streptomyces sp. isolate BR123 was attained, containing a GC content of 72.63% and 8103 protein coding genes. Many antimicrobial, antiparasitic, and anticancerous compounds were detected by the presence of multiple biosynthetic gene clusters, which was predicted by in silico analysis. A novel metabolite with a molecular mass of 1271.7773 in positive ion mode was detected through a high-performance liquid chromatography linked with mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) analysis. In addition, another compound, meridamycin, was also identified through a HPLC-MS analysis. The current study reveals the biosynthetic potential of Streptomyces sp. isolate BR123, with respect to the synthesis of bioactive secondary metabolites through genomic and spectrometric analysis. Moreover, the comparative genome study compared the isolate BR123 with other Streptomyces strains, which may expand the knowledge concerning the mechanism involved in novel antimicrobial metabolite synthesis.
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- Neelma Ashraf
- Industrial Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Jhang Road, PO Box 577, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
- Department of Chemical Ecology/Biological Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
- Correspondence: (N.A.); (S.K.); Tel.: +92-41-9201316 (S.K.); Fax: +92-41-92014722 (S.K.)
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- Industrial Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Jhang Road, PO Box 577, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Ecology/Biological Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick Coventry, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Industrial Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Jhang Road, PO Box 577, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Campus, Saarland University, Building C2.3, 66123 Saarbrucken, Germany
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- Industrial Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Jhang Road, PO Box 577, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Industrial Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Jhang Road, PO Box 577, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Industrial Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Jhang Road, PO Box 577, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
- Correspondence: (N.A.); (S.K.); Tel.: +92-41-9201316 (S.K.); Fax: +92-41-92014722 (S.K.)
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Liu Y, Qin Z, Chen N, Bu Z, Yang Y, Hu X, Zheng H, Zhu Z, Xu T, Gao Y, Niu S, Xing J, Lin J, Liu X, Zhu Y. The Vital Role of ShTHIC from the Endophyte OsiSh-2 in Thiamine Biosynthesis and Blast Resistance in the OsiSh-2-Rice Symbiont. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2022; 70:6993-7003. [PMID: 35667655 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c00776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Endophytes can benefit the growth and stress resistance of host plants by secreting bioactive components. Thiamine is an essential vitamin involved in many metabolic pathways and can only be synthesized by microbes and plants. In this study, we found that thiamine could inhibit the development of the phytopathogen Magnaporthe oryzae and decrease the rice blast index under field conditions. In the thiamine biosynthesis pathway, the key enzyme ShTHIC of an endophyte Streptomyces hygroscopicus OsiSh-2 and OsTHIC of rice (Oryza sativa) were highly homologous. Gene overexpression or knockout approaches revealed that both THIC contributed to thiamine synthesis and resistance to M. oryzae. Furthermore, S. hygroscopicus OsiSh-2 colonization led to a decrease in the thiamine synthesis level of rice but still maintained thiamine homeostasis in rice. However, inoculation with the ShTHIC knockout strain ΔTHIC reduced the thiamine content in rice, although the thiamine synthesis level of rice was increased. After infection with M. oryzae, blast resistance was dramatically improved in OsiSh-2-inoculated rice but decreased in ΔTHIC-inoculated rice compared with non-inoculated rice. This result demonstrated that ShTHIC could regulate thiamine biosynthesis and consequently assist blast resistance in the OsiSh-2-rice symbiont. Our results revealed a novel blast-resistance mechanism mediated by a key thiamine biosynthetic enzyme from an endophyte OsiSh-2.
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- Ying Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Yahua Seeds Science Academy of Hunan, Changsha, Hunan 410000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Yahua Seeds Science Academy of Hunan, Changsha, Hunan 410000, P. R. China
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- Bioinformatics Center, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, Hunan Province 410125, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410082, P. R. China
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Enhancing Ristomycin A Production by Overexpression of ParB-Like StrR Family Regulators Controlling the Biosynthesis Genes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e0106621. [PMID: 34505824 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01066-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Amycolatopsis sp. strain TNS106 harbors a ristomycin-biosynthetic gene cluster (asr) in its genome and produces ristomycin A. Deletion of the sole cluster-situated StrR family regulatory gene, asrR, abolished ristomycin A production and the transcription of the asr genes orf5 to orf39. The ristomycin A fermentation titer in Amycolatopsis sp. strain TNS106 was dramatically improved by overexpression of asrR and a heterologous StrR family regulatory gene, bbr, from the balhimycin-biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) utilizing strong promoters and multiple gene copies. Ristomycin A production was improved by approximately 60-fold, resulting in a fermentation titer of 4.01 g/liter in flask culture, in one of the engineered strains. Overexpression of AsrR and Bbr upregulated transcription of tested asr biosynthetic genes, indicating that these asr genes were positively regulated by AsrR and Bbr. However, only the promoter region of the asrR operon and the intergenic region upstream of orf12 were bound by AsrR and Bbr in gel retardation assays, suggesting that AsrR and Bbr directly regulated the asrR operon and probably orf12 to orf14 but no other asr biosynthetic genes. Further assays with synthetic short probes showed that AsrR and Bbr specifically bound not only probes containing the canonical inverted repeats but also a probe with only one 7-bp element of the inverted repeats in its native context. AsrR and Bbr have an N-terminal ParB-like domain and a central winged helix-turn-helix DNA-binding domain. Site-directed mutations indicated that the N-terminal ParB-like domain was involved in activation of ristomycin A biosynthesis and did not affect the DNA-binding activity of AsrR and Bbr. IMPORTANCE This study showed that overexpression of either a native StrR family regulator (AsrR) or a heterologous StrR family regulator (Bbr) dramatically improved ristomycin A production by increasing the transcription of biosynthetic genes directly or indirectly. The conserved ParB-like domain of AsrR and Bbr was demonstrated to be involved in the regulation of asr BGC expression. These findings provide new insights into the mechanism of StrR family regulators in the regulation of glycopeptide antibiotic biosynthesis. Furthermore, the regulator overexpression plasmids constructed in this study could serve as valuable tools for strain improvement and genome mining for new glycopeptide antibiotics. In addition, ristomycin A is a type III glycopeptide antibiotic clinically used as a diagnostic reagent due to its side effects. The overproduction strains engineered in this study are ideal materials for industrial production of ristomycin A.
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Xu J, Zhang X, Huang F, Li G, Leadlay PF. Efophylins A and B, Two C2-Asymmetric Macrodiolide Immunosuppressants from Streptomyces malaysiensis. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2021; 84:1579-1586. [PMID: 33973788 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Genomics-inspired isolation led to the identification of two new natural congeneric C2-asymmetric macrodiolide immunosuppressants, named efophylins A (1) and B (2), from Streptomyces malaysiensis DSM 4137. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic and computational methods and were in agreement with biosynthetic predictions from the efophylin gene cluster. Compound 2 exhibited potent immunosuppressive activity and demonstrated to inhibit the activation of the NFAT and block NFAT dephosphorylation in vitro. The immunosuppressive activity of compound 2 is possibly at least in part via the CaN/NFAT signaling pathway.
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- Jing Xu
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, People's Republic of China
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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Peng F, Zhang MY, Hou SY, Chen J, Wu YY, Zhang YX. Insights into Streptomyces spp. isolated from the rhizospheric soil of Panax notoginseng: isolation, antimicrobial activity and biosynthetic potential for polyketides and non-ribosomal peptides. BMC Microbiol 2020; 20:143. [PMID: 32493249 PMCID: PMC7271549 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-020-01832-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Streptomycetes from the rhizospheric soils are a rich resource of novel secondary metabolites with various biological activities. However, there is still little information related to the isolation, antimicrobial activity and biosynthetic potential for polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide discovery associated with the rhizospheric streptomycetes of Panax notoginseng. Thus, the aims of the present study are to (i) identify culturable streptomycetes from the rhizospheric soil of P. notoginseng by 16S rRNA gene, (ii) evaluate the antimicrobial activities of isolates and analyze the biosynthetic gene encoding polyketide synthases (PKSs) and nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) of isolates, (iii) detect the bioactive secondary metabolites from selected streptomycetes, (iv) study the influence of the selected isolate on the growth of P. notoginseng in the continuous cropping field. This study would provide a preliminary basis for the further discovery of the secondary metabolites from streptomycetes isolated from the rhizospheric soil of P. notoginseng and their further utilization for biocontrol of plants. Results A total of 42 strains representing 42 species of the genus Streptomyces were isolated from 12 rhizospheric soil samples in the cultivation field of P. notoginseng and were analyzed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Overall, 40 crude cell extracts out of 42 under two culture conditions showed antibacterial and antifungal activities. Also, the presence of biosynthesis genes encoding type I and II polyketide synthase (PKS I and PKS II) and nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) in 42 strains were established. Based on characteristic chemical profiles screening by High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Diode Array Detector (HPLC-DAD), the secondary metabolite profiles of strain SYP-A7257 were evaluated by High Performance Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-HRMS). Finally, four compounds actinomycin X2 (F1), fungichromin (F2), thailandin B (F7) and antifungalmycin (F8) were isolated from strain SYP-A7257 by using chromatography techniques, UV, HR-ESI-MS and NMR, and their antimicrobial activities against the test bacteria and fungus were also evaluated. In the farm experiments, Streptomyces sp. SYP-A7257 showed healthy growth promotion and survival rate improvement of P. notoginseng in the continuous cropping field. Conclusions We demonstrated the P. notoginseng rhizospheric soil-derived Streptomyces spp. distribution and diversity with respect to their metabolic potential for polyketides and non-ribosomal peptides, as well as the presence of biosynthesis genes PKS I, PKS II and NRPSs. Our results showed that cultivatable Streptomyces isolates from the rhizospheric soils of P. notoginseng have the ability to produce bioactive secondary metabolites. The farm experiments suggested that the rhizospheric soil Streptomyces sp. SYP-A7257 may be a potential biological control agent for healthy growth promotion and survival rate improvement of P. notoginseng in the continuous cropping field.
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- Fei Peng
- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China.,Quanzhou Medical College, Quanzhou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China.
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Sigrist R, Luhavaya H, McKinnie SMK, Ferreira da Silva A, Jurberg ID, Moore BS, Gonzaga de Oliveira L. Nonlinear Biosynthetic Assembly of Alpiniamide by a Hybrid cis/ trans-AT PKS-NRPS. ACS Chem Biol 2020; 15:1067-1077. [PMID: 32195572 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Alpiniamide A is a linear polyketide produced by Streptomyces endophytic bacteria. Despite its relatively simple chemical structure suggestive of a linear assembly line biosynthetic construction involving a hybrid polyketide synthase-nonribosomal peptide synthetase enzymatic protein machine, we report an unexpected nonlinear synthesis of this bacterial natural product. Using a combination of genomics, heterologous expression, mutagenesis, isotope-labeling, and chain terminator experiments, we propose that alpiniamide A is assembled in two halves and then ligated into the mature molecule. We show that each polyketide half is constructed using orthogonal biosynthetic strategies, employing either cis- or trans-acyl transferase mechanisms, thus prompting an alternative proposal for the operation of this PKS-NRPS.
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- Renata Sigrist
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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Musiol-Kroll EM, Tocchetti A, Sosio M, Stegmann E. Challenges and advances in genetic manipulation of filamentous actinomycetes - the remarkable producers of specialized metabolites. Nat Prod Rep 2019; 36:1351-1369. [PMID: 31517370 DOI: 10.1039/c9np00029a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Covering: up to February 2019Actinomycetes are Gram positive bacteria of the phylum Actinobacteria. These organisms are one of the most important sources of structurally diverse, clinically used antibiotics and other valuable bioactive products, as well as biotechnologically relevant enzymes. Most strains were discovered by their ability to produce a given molecule and were often poorly characterized, physiologically and genetically. The development of genetic methods for Streptomyces and related filamentous actinomycetes has led to the successful manipulation of antibiotic biosynthesis to attain structural modification of microbial metabolites that would have been inaccessible by chemical means and improved production yields. Moreover, genome mining reveals that actinomycete genomes contain multiple biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), however only a few of them are expressed under standard laboratory conditions, leading to the production of the respective compound(s). Thus, to access and activate the so-called "silent" BGCs, to improve their biosynthetic potential and to discover novel natural products methodologies for genetic manipulation are required. Although different methods have been applied for many actinomycete strains, genetic engineering is still remaining very challenging for some "underexplored" and poorly characterized actinomycetes. This review summarizes the strategies developed to overcome the obstacles to genetic manipulation of actinomycetes and allowing thereby rational genetic engineering of this industrially relevant group of microorganisms. At the end of this review we give some tips to researchers with limited or no previous experience in genetic manipulation of actinomycetes. The article covers the most relevant literature published until February 2019.
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- Ewa M Musiol-Kroll
- University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen, Microbiology/Biotechnology, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, Tübingen, 72076, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen, Microbiology/Biotechnology, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, Tübingen, 72076, Germany.
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Oxidative cyclizations are important transformations that occur widely during natural product biosynthesis. The transformations from acyclic precursors to cyclized products can afford morphed scaffolds, structural rigidity, and biological activities. Some of the most dramatic structural alterations in natural product biosynthesis occur through oxidative cyclization. In this Review, we examine the different strategies used by nature to create new intra(inter)molecular bonds via redox chemistry. This Review will cover both oxidation- and reduction-enabled cyclization mechanisms, with an emphasis on the former. Radical cyclizations catalyzed by P450, nonheme iron, α-KG-dependent oxygenases, and radical SAM enzymes are discussed to illustrate the use of molecular oxygen and S-adenosylmethionine to forge new bonds at unactivated sites via one-electron manifolds. Nonradical cyclizations catalyzed by flavin-dependent monooxygenases and NAD(P)H-dependent reductases are covered to show the use of two-electron manifolds in initiating cyclization reactions. The oxidative installations of epoxides and halogens into acyclic scaffolds to drive subsequent cyclizations are separately discussed as examples of "disappearing" reactive handles. Last, oxidative rearrangement of rings systems, including contractions and expansions, will be covered.
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- Man-Cheng Tang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Stanford University Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine for Human Health (ChEM-H), Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Draft Genome Sequence of Streptomyces sp. SPMA113, a Prajinamide Producer. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2016; 4:4/5/e01126-16. [PMID: 27738040 PMCID: PMC5064113 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.01126-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We report here the draft genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. SPMA113 isolated from soil in Thailand. This strain produces a new modified peptide, prajinamide, which has adipocyte differentiation activity. The genome harbors at least 30 gene clusters for synthases of polyketide and nonribosomal peptide, suggesting its potential to produce diverse secondary metabolites.
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Meridamycin and its naturally occurring analog normeridamycin are non-immunosuppressive macrocyclic polyketides with potent neuroprotective activity in dopaminergic neurons.
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- Mengyujie Liu
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education)
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Shandong University
- Jinan
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education)
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Shandong University
- Jinan
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education)
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Shandong University
- Jinan
- P. R. China
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Highly efficient editing of the actinorhodin polyketide chain length factor gene in Streptomyces coelicolor M145 using CRISPR/Cas9-CodA(sm) combined system. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:10575-85. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6931-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 08/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bis DM, Ban YH, James ED, Alqahtani N, Viswanathan R, Lane AL. Characterization of the nocardiopsin biosynthetic gene cluster reveals similarities to and differences from the rapamycin and FK-506 pathways. Chembiochem 2015; 16:990-7. [PMID: 25755076 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Macrolide-pipecolate natural products, such as rapamycin (1) and FK-506 (2), are renowned modulators of FK506-binding proteins (FKBPs). The nocardiopsins, from Nocardiopsis sp. CMB-M0232, are the newest members of this structural class. Here, the biosynthetic pathway for nocardiopsins A-D (4-7) is revealed by cloning, sequencing, and bioinformatic analyses of the nsn gene cluster. In vitro evaluation of recombinant NsnL revealed that this lysine cyclodeaminase catalyzes the conversion of L-lysine into the L-pipecolic acid incorporated into 4 and 5. Bioinformatic analyses supported the conjecture that a linear nocardiopsin precursor is equipped with the hydroxy group required for macrolide closure in a previously unobserved manner by employing a P450 epoxidase (NsnF) and limonene epoxide hydrolase homologue (NsnG). The nsn cluster also encodes candidates for tetrahydrofuran group biosynthesis. The nocardiopsin pathway provides opportunities for engineering of FKBP-binding metabolites and for probing new enzymology in nature's polyketide tailoring arsenal.
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- Dana M Bis
- Chemistry Department, University of North Florida, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224 (USA)
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Medema MH, Cimermancic P, Sali A, Takano E, Fischbach MA. A systematic computational analysis of biosynthetic gene cluster evolution: lessons for engineering biosynthesis. PLoS Comput Biol 2014; 10:e1004016. [PMID: 25474254 PMCID: PMC4256081 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Bacterial secondary metabolites are widely used as antibiotics, anticancer drugs, insecticides and food additives. Attempts to engineer their biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) to produce unnatural metabolites with improved properties are often frustrated by the unpredictability and complexity of the enzymes that synthesize these molecules, suggesting that genetic changes within BGCs are limited by specific constraints. Here, by performing a systematic computational analysis of BGC evolution, we derive evidence for three findings that shed light on the ways in which, despite these constraints, nature successfully invents new molecules: 1) BGCs for complex molecules often evolve through the successive merger of smaller sub-clusters, which function as independent evolutionary entities. 2) An important subset of polyketide synthases and nonribosomal peptide synthetases evolve by concerted evolution, which generates sets of sequence-homogenized domains that may hold promise for engineering efforts since they exhibit a high degree of functional interoperability, 3) Individual BGC families evolve in distinct ways, suggesting that design strategies should take into account family-specific functional constraints. These findings suggest novel strategies for using synthetic biology to rationally engineer biosynthetic pathways. Bacterial secondary metabolites mediate a broad range of microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions, and are widely used in human medicine, agriculture and manufacturing. Despite recent advances in synthetic biology, efforts to engineer their biosynthetic genes for the production of unnatural variants are frustrated by a high failure rate. In an effort to better understand what types of genetic changes are most likely to lead to successful improvements, we systematically analyzed the ways in which biosynthetic genes naturally evolve to generate new compounds. We show that large gene clusters appear to evolve through the merger of sub-clusters, which function independently, and are promising units for cluster engineering. Moreover, a subset of gene clusters evolve by concerted evolution, which generates sets of interoperable domains that may enable predictable domain swapping. Finally, many biosynthetic gene clusters evolve in family-specific modes that differ greatly from each other. Overall, this quantitative perspective on the ways in which gene clusters naturally evolve suggests novel strategies for using synthetic biology to engineer the production of unnatural metabolites.
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- Marnix H. Medema
- Department of Microbial Physiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Two different secondary metabolism gene clusters occupied the same ancestral locus in fungal dermatophytes of the arthrodermataceae. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41903. [PMID: 22860027 PMCID: PMC3408471 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Dermatophyte fungi of the family Arthrodermataceae (Eurotiomycetes) colonize keratinized tissue, such as skin, frequently causing superficial mycoses in humans and other mammals, reptiles, and birds. Competition with native microflora likely underlies the propensity of these dermatophytes to produce a diversity of antibiotics and compounds for scavenging iron, which is extremely scarce, as well as the presence of an unusually large number of putative secondary metabolism gene clusters, most of which contain non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS), in their genomes. To better understand the historical origins and diversification of NRPS-containing gene clusters we examined the evolution of a variable locus (VL) that exists in one of three alternative conformations among the genomes of seven dermatophyte species. Results The first conformation of the VL (termed VLA) contains only 539 base pairs of sequence and lacks protein-coding genes, whereas the other two conformations (termed VLB and VLC) span 36 Kb and 27 Kb and contain 12 and 10 genes, respectively. Interestingly, both VLB and VLC appear to contain distinct secondary metabolism gene clusters; VLB contains a NRPS gene as well as four porphyrin metabolism genes never found to be physically linked in the genomes of 128 other fungal species, whereas VLC also contains a NRPS gene as well as several others typically found associated with secondary metabolism gene clusters. Phylogenetic evidence suggests that the VL locus was present in the ancestor of all seven species achieving its present distribution through subsequent differential losses or retentions of specific conformations. Conclusions We propose that the existence of variable loci, similar to the one we studied, in fungal genomes could potentially explain the dramatic differences in secondary metabolic diversity between closely related species of filamentous fungi, and contribute to host adaptation and the generation of metabolic diversity.
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Use of an inducible promoter for antibiotic production in a heterologous host. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 87:261-9. [PMID: 20127238 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2435-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2009] [Revised: 12/30/2009] [Accepted: 12/30/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The biosynthetic gene cluster of the aminocoumarin antibiotic novobiocin comprises 20 coding sequences. Sixteen of them code for essential enzymes for novobiocin formation, transcribed in the form of a single 18-kb polycistronic mRNA. In the present study, we replaced the genuine promoter of this operon by the tetracycline-inducible promoter tcp830 and at the same time deleting the two pathway-specific positive regulator genes of novobiocin biosynthesis. The heterologous producer Streptomyces coelicolor M512 harboring the modified gene cluster produced, upon addition of 2 mg L(-1) of the inducer compound anhydrotetracyline, 3.4-fold more novobiocin than strains carrying the unmodified cluster. A second tcp830 promoter was inserted in the middle of the 18-kb operon in order to ensure adequate transcription of the rearmost genes. However, this did not lead to a further increase of novobiocin formation, showing that a single tcp830 promoter was sufficient to achieve high transcription of all 16 genes of the operon. A high induction of novobiocin formation was achieved within a wide range of anhydrotetracyline concentrations (0.25-2.0 mg L(-1)). Growth of the strains was not affected by these concentrations. The inducer compound could be added either at the time of inoculation or at any other time up to mid-growth phase, always achieving a similar final antibiotic production. Therefore, the tcp830 promoter presents a robust, easy-to-use system for the inducible expression of biosynthetic gene clusters in heterologous hosts, independent from the genuine regulatory network.
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Biosynthesis of the Putative Siderophore Erythrochelin Requires Unprecedented Crosstalk between Separate Nonribosomal Peptide Gene Clusters. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 17:160-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2009] [Revised: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Li C, Roege KE, Kelly WL. Analysis of the Indanomycin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster fromStreptomyces antibioticusNRRL 8167. Chembiochem 2009; 10:1064-72. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200800822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Liu H, Jiang H, Haltli B, Kulowski K, Muszynska E, Feng X, Summers M, Young M, Graziani E, Koehn F, Carter GT, He M. Rapid cloning and heterologous expression of the meridamycin biosynthetic gene cluster using a versatile Escherichia coli-streptomyces artificial chromosome vector, pSBAC. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2009; 72:389-395. [PMID: 19191550 DOI: 10.1021/np8006149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Expression of biosynthetic pathways in heterologous hosts is an emerging approach to expedite production improvement and biosynthetic modification of natural products derived from microbial secondary metabolites. Herein we describe the development of a versatile Escherichia coli-Streptomyces shuttle Bacterial Artificial Chromosomal (BAC) conjugation vector, pSBAC, to facilitate the cloning, genetic manipulation, and heterologous expression of actinomycetes secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters. The utility of pSBAC was demonstrated through the rapid cloning and heterologous expression of one of the largest polyketide synthase (PKS) and nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) biosynthetic pathways: the meridamycin biosynthesis gene cluster (mer). The entire mer gene cluster ( approximately 90 kb) was captured in a single pSBAC clone through a straightforward restriction enzyme digestion and cloning approach and transferred into Streptomyces lividans. The production of meridamycin (1) in the heterologous host was achieved after replacement of the original promoter with an ermE* promoter and was enhanced by feeding with a biosynthetic precursor. The success of heterologous expression of such a giant gene cluster demonstrates the versatility of BAC cloning technology and paves the road for future exploration of expression of the meridamycin biosynthetic pathway in various hosts, including strains that have been optimized for polyketide production.
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- Hongbo Liu
- Chemical and Screening Science, Wyeth Research, Pearl River, New York 10965, USA
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Zhao XQ, Jiao WC, Jiang B, Yuan WJ, Yang TH, Hao S. Screening and identification of actinobacteria from marine sediments: Investigation of potential producers for antimicrobial agents and type I polyketides. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-9964-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Smith L, Hong H, Spencer JB, Leadlay PF. Analysis of Specific Mutants in the Lasalocid Gene Cluster: Evidence for Enzymatic Catalysis of a Disfavoured Polyether Ring Closure. Chembiochem 2008; 9:2967-75. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200800585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sun Y, He X, Liang J, Zhou X, Deng Z. Analysis of functions in plasmid pHZ1358 influencing its genetic and structural stability in Streptomyces lividans 1326. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 82:303-10. [PMID: 19066884 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1793-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2008] [Revised: 11/14/2008] [Accepted: 11/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The complete DNA sequence of plasmid pHZ1358, a widely used vector for targeted gene disruption and replacement experiments in many Streptomyces hosts, has been determined. This has allowed a detailed analysis of the basis of its structural and segregational instability, compared to the high copy number plasmid pIJ101 of Streptomyces lividans 1326 from which it was derived. A 574-bp DNA region containing sti (strong incompatibility locus) was found to be a determinant for segregational instability in its original S. lividans 1326 host, while the structural instability was found to be related to the facile deletion of the entire Escherichia coli-derived part of pHZ1358, mediated by recombination between 36-bp direct repeats. A point mutation removing the BamHI site inside the rep gene encoding a replication protein (rep*) and/or a spontaneous deletion of the 694-bp region located between rep and sti including the uncharacterized ORF85 (orf85(-)) produced little or no effect on stability. A pHZ1358 derivative (pJTU412, sti(-), rep*, orf85(-)) was then constructed which additionally lacked one of the 36-bp direct repeats. pJTU412 was demonstrated to be structurally stable but segregationally unstable and, in contrast to sti(+) pHZ1358, allowed efficient targeted gene replacement in S. lividans 1326.
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- Yuhui Sun
- Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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Characterization of Streptomyces spp. isolated from the sea surface microlayer in the Trondheim Fjord, Norway. Mar Drugs 2008; 6:620-35. [PMID: 19172199 PMCID: PMC2630845 DOI: 10.3390/md6040620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Revised: 11/25/2008] [Accepted: 11/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The water surface microlayer is still poorly explored, although it has been shown to contain a high density of metabolically active bacteria, often called bacterioneuston. Actinomycetes from the surface microlayer in the Trondheim fjord, Norway, have been isolated and characterized. A total of 217 isolates from two separate samples morphologically resembling the genus Streptomyces have been further investigated in this study. Antimicrobial assays showed that about 80% of the isolates exhibited antagonistic activity against non-filamentous fungus, Gram-negative, and Gram-positive bacteria. Based on the macroscopic analyses and inhibition patterns from the antimicrobial assays, the sub-grouping of isolates was performed. Partial 16S rDNAs from the candidates from each subgroup were sequenced and phylogenetic analysis performed. 7 isolates with identical 16S rDNA sequences were further studied for the presence of PKS type I genes. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the PKS gene fragments revealed that horizontal gene transfer between closely related species might have taken place. Identification of unique PKS genes in these isolates implies that de-replication can not be performed based solely on the 16S rDNA sequences. The results obtained in this study suggest that streptomycetes from the neuston population may be an interesting source for discovery of new antimicrobial agents.
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Maddess ML, Tackett MN, Ley SV. Total synthesis studies on macrocyclic pipecolic acid natural products: FK506, the antascomicins and rapamycin. PROGRESS IN DRUG RESEARCH. FORTSCHRITTE DER ARZNEIMITTELFORSCHUNG. PROGRES DES RECHERCHES PHARMACEUTIQUES 2008; 66:13, 15-186. [PMID: 18416305 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8595-8_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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This chapter derives its inspiration from the challenges presented to total synthesis chemists, by a particular group of macrocyclic pipecolic acid natural products. Although there is considerable emphasis on the completed syntheses of the main characters (FK506 (1), the antascomycins (4 and 5) and rapamycin (7)), the overall complexity of the molecular problem has stimulated a wealth of new knowledge, including the development of novel strategies and the invention of new synthetic methods. The ingenious and innovative approaches to these targets have enabled new generations of analogues, and provided material to further probe the biology of these fascinating molecules. With pharmaceutical application as an immunosuppressant, as well as potential use for the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, this family of natural products continues to inspire new and interesting science while providing solutions to healthcare problems of the world.
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- Matthew L Maddess
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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Fan Q, Huang F, Leadlay PF, Spencer JB. The neomycin biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces fradiae NCIMB 8233: genetic and biochemical evidence for the roles of two glycosyltransferases and a deacetylase. Org Biomol Chem 2008; 6:3306-14. [DOI: 10.1039/b808734b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lamb DC, Waterman MR, Kelly SL, Guengerich FP. Cytochromes P450 and drug discovery. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2007; 18:504-12. [PMID: 18006294 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2007] [Revised: 09/27/2007] [Accepted: 09/29/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Cytochromes P450 (CYP) are a superfamily of haem-containing proteins distributed widely throughout nature. Historically, they have a central role in drug metabolism and following the advent of genomics they have been shown to have key roles in the biosynthesis of natural products which are used as medicines. Herein, we provide an overview of CYP systems with particular emphasis on their role as drug targets, their involvement in drug biosynthesis and potential strategies for developing new derivatives of drugs based on CYP engineering. The applied importance of CYPs for medicinal and biotechnological applications will also be discussed.
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- David C Lamb
- Institute of Life Science, Swansea Medical School, Grove Building, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.
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Keatinge-Clay AT. A tylosin ketoreductase reveals how chirality is determined in polyketides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 14:898-908. [PMID: 17719489 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2007.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2007] [Revised: 06/09/2007] [Accepted: 07/09/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Because it controls the majority of polyketide stereocenters, the ketoreductase (KR) is a central target in engineering polyketide synthases (PKSs). To elucidate the mechanisms of stereocontrol, the structure of KR from the first module of the tylosin PKS was determined. A comparison with a recently solved erythromycin KR that operates on the same substrate explains why their products have opposite alpha-substituent chiralities. The structure reveals how polyketides are guided into the active site by key residues in different KR types. There are four types of reductase-competent KRs, each capable of fixing a unique combination of alpha-substituent and beta-hydroxyl group chiralities, as well as two types of reductase-incompetent KRs that control alpha-substituent chirality alone. A protocol to assign how a module will enforce substituent chirality based on its sequence is presented.
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- Adrian T Keatinge-Clay
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Harvey BM, Mironenko T, Sun Y, Hong H, Deng Z, Leadlay PF, Weissman KJ, Haydock SF. Insights into polyether biosynthesis from analysis of the nigericin biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces sp. DSM4137. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 14:703-14. [PMID: 17584617 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2007.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2007] [Revised: 04/05/2007] [Accepted: 05/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Nigericin was among the first polyether ionophores to be discovered, but its biosynthesis remains obscure. The biosynthetic gene cluster for nigericin has been serendipitously cloned from Streptomyces sp. DSM4137, and deletion of this gene cluster abolished the production of both nigericin and the closely related metabolite abierixin. Detailed comparison of the nigericin biosynthetic genes with their counterparts in the biosynthetic clusters for other polyketides has prompted a significant revision of the proposed common pathway for polyether biosynthesis. In particular, we present evidence that in nigericin, nanchangmycin, and monensin, an unusual ketosynthase-like protein, KSX, transfers the initially formed linear polyketide chain to a discrete acyl carrier protein, ACPX, for oxidative cyclization. Consistent with this, deletion of either monACPX or monKSX from the monensin gene cluster effectively abolished monensin A biosynthesis.
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- Barbara M Harvey
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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