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Li X, Chu J, Jensen PR. The Expression of NOX From Synthetic Promoters Reveals an Important Role of the Redox Status in Regulating Secondary Metabolism of Saccharopolyspora erythraea. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:818. [PMID: 32766231 PMCID: PMC7379104 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Redox cofactors play a pivotal role in primary cellular metabolism, whereas the clear link between redox status and secondary metabolism is still vague. In this study we investigated effects of redox perturbation on the production of erythromycin in Saccharopolyspora erythraea by expressing the water-forming NADH oxidase (NOX) from Streptococcus pneumonia at different levels with synthetic promoters. The expression of NOX reduced the intracellular [NADH]/[NAD+] ratio significantly in S. erythraea which resulted in an increased production of erythromycin by 19∼29% and this increment rose to 60% as more oxygen was supplied. In contrast, the lower redox ratio resulted in a decreased production of another secondary metabolite, the reddish pigment 7-O-rahmnosyl flaviolin. The metabolic shifts of secondary metabolism results in a higher NADH availability which compensates for its oxidization via NOX. The expression of the erythromycin biosynthesis gene cluster (BGC) in the NOX-expression strains was upregulated as the activity of diguanylate cyclase was inhibited moderately by NADH. This study also suggested that lower intracellular [NADH]/[NAD+] ratio benefits the biosynthesis of erythromycin by potentially affecting the biosynthesis of the secondary messenger, bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP), which may stimulate the positive regulation of erythromycin BGC via BldD. The present work provides a basis for future cofactor manipulation in S. erythraea to improve the industrial production of erythromycin.
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- Xiaobo Li
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.,National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Two glycine riboswitches activate the glycine cleavage system essential for glycine detoxification in Streptomyces griseus. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:1369-76. [PMID: 24443533 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01480-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The glycine cleavage (GCV) system catalyzes the oxidative cleavage of glycine into CO2, NH4(+), and a methylene group, which is accepted by tetrahydrofolate (THF) to form N(5),N(10)-methylene-THF. Streptomyces griseus contains gcvP and the gcvT-gcvH operon, which encode three intrinsic components of the GCV system. We identified the transcriptional start sites of gcvTH and gcvP and found putative glycine riboswitches in their 5' untranslated regions (5' UTRs). The ratios of the transcripts of the gcvT and gcvP coding sequences (CDSs) to those of the respective 5' UTRs were significantly higher in the presence of glycine in the wild-type strain. However, the levels of gcvT and gcvP CDS transcripts were not increased by glycine in the respective 5' UTR deletion mutants. A reporter gene assay showed that a transcriptional terminator exists in the 5' UTR of gcvTH. Furthermore, by an in-line probing assay, we confirmed that glycine bound directly to the putative riboswitch RNAs. These results indicate that the S. griseus glycine riboswitches enhance transcriptional read-through to the downstream CDSs, like known glycine riboswitches in other bacteria. We examined the growth of three mutants in which either or both of the gcvTH and gcvP 5' UTRs were deleted. Like the wild-type strain, all mutants grew vigorously in a medium containing 0.9% glucose as a carbon source. However, the mutants showed severely restricted growth in a medium containing 0.9% glucose and 1% glycine, while the wild-type strain grew normally. This indicates that glycine has a growth-inhibitory effect and that the GCV system plays a critical role in glycine detoxification in S. griseus.
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Kim MS, Dufour YS, Yoo JS, Cho YB, Park JH, Nam GB, Kim HM, Lee KL, Donohue TJ, Roe JH. Conservation of thiol-oxidative stress responses regulated by SigR orthologues in actinomycetes. Mol Microbiol 2012; 85:326-44. [PMID: 22651816 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08115.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Numerous thiol-reactive compounds cause oxidative stress where cells counteract by activation of survival strategies regulated by thiol-based sensors. In Streptomyces coelicolor, a model actinomycete, a sigma/antisigma pair SigR/RsrA controls the response to thiol-oxidative stress. To unravel its full physiological functions, chromatin immuno-precipitation combined with sequence and transcript analyses were employed to identify 108 SigR target genes in S. coelicolor and to predict orthologous regulons across actinomycetes. In addition to reported genes for thiol homeostasis, protein degradation and ribosome modulation, 64 additional operons were identified suggesting new functions of this global regulator. We demonstrate that SigR maintains the level and activity of the housekeeping sigma factor HrdB during thiol-oxidative stress, a novel strategy for stress responses. We also found that SigR defends cells against UV and thiol-reactive damages, in which repair UvrA takes a part. Using a refined SigR-binding sequence model, SigR orthologues and their targets were predicted in 42 actinomycetes. This revealed a conserved core set of SigR targets to function for thiol homeostasis, protein quality control, possible modulation of transcription and translation, flavin-mediated redox reactions, and Fe-S delivery. The composition of the SigR regulon reveals a robust conserved physiological mechanism to deal with thiol-oxidative stress from bacteria to human.
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- Min-Sik Kim
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, School of Biological Sciences, and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Lin YR, Hahn MY, Roe JH, Huang TW, Tsai HH, Lin YF, Su TS, Chan YJ, Chen CW. Streptomyces telomeres contain a promoter. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:773-81. [PMID: 19060156 PMCID: PMC2632112 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01299-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2008] [Accepted: 11/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bidirectional replication of the linear chromosomes and plasmids of Streptomyces spp. results in single-strand overhangs at their 3' ends, which contain extensive complex palindromic sequences. The overhangs are believed to be patched by DNA synthesis primed by a terminal protein that remains covalently bound to the 5' ends of the telomeres. We discovered that in vitro a conserved 167-bp telomere DNA binds strongly to RNA polymerase holoenzyme and exhibits promoter activities stronger than those of an rRNA operon. In vivo, the telomere DNA exhibited promoter activity in both orientations on a circular plasmid in Streptomyces. The telomere promoter is also active on a linear plasmid during exponential growth. Such promoter activity in a telomere has not hitherto been observed in eukaryotic or prokaryotic replicons. Streptomyces telomere promoters may be involved in priming the terminal Okazaki fragment (during replication) replicative transfer (during conjugation), or expression of downstream genes (including a conserved ttrA helicase-like gene involved in conjugal transfer). Interestingly, the Streptomyces telomeres also function as a promoter in Escherichia coli and as a transcription enhancer in yeast.
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- Yuh-ru Lin
- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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SIGffRid: a tool to search for sigma factor binding sites in bacterial genomes using comparative approach and biologically driven statistics. BMC Bioinformatics 2008; 9:73. [PMID: 18237374 PMCID: PMC2375139 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-9-73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2007] [Accepted: 01/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Many programs have been developed to identify transcription factor binding sites. However, most of them are not able to infer two-word motifs with variable spacer lengths. This case is encountered for RNA polymerase Sigma (σ) Factor Binding Sites (SFBSs) usually composed of two boxes, called -35 and -10 in reference to the transcription initiation point. Our goal is to design an algorithm detecting SFBS by using combinational and statistical constraints deduced from biological observations. Results We describe a new approach to identify SFBSs by comparing two related bacterial genomes. The method, named SIGffRid (SIGma Factor binding sites Finder using R'MES to select Input Data), performs a simultaneous analysis of pairs of promoter regions of orthologous genes. SIGffRid uses a prior identification of over-represented patterns in whole genomes as selection criteria for potential -35 and -10 boxes. These patterns are then grouped using pairs of short seeds (of which one is possibly gapped), allowing a variable-length spacer between them. Next, the motifs are extended guided by statistical considerations, a feature that ensures a selection of motifs with statistically relevant properties. We applied our method to the pair of related bacterial genomes of Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces avermitilis. Cross-check with the well-defined SFBSs of the SigR regulon in S. coelicolor is detailed, validating the algorithm. SFBSs for HrdB and BldN were also found; and the results suggested some new targets for these σ factors. In addition, consensus motifs for BldD and new SFBSs binding sites were defined, overlapping previously proposed consensuses. Relevant tests were carried out also on bacteria with moderate GC content (i.e. Escherichia coli/Salmonella typhimurium and Bacillus subtilis/Bacillus licheniformis pairs). Motifs of house-keeping σ factors were found as well as other SFBSs such as that of SigW in Bacillus strains. Conclusion We demonstrate that our approach combining statistical and biological criteria was successful to predict SFBSs. The method versatility autorizes the recognition of other kinds of two-box regulatory sites.
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Kim HL, Shin EK, Kim HM, Ryou SM, Kim S, Cha CJ, Bae J, Lee K. Heterogeneous rRNAs are differentially expressed during the morphological development ofStreptomyces coelicolor. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007; 275:146-52. [PMID: 17711457 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00872.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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It is generally assumed that all mature rRNA molecules assembled into ribosomes within a single cell are identical. However, sequence analysis of Streptomyces coelicolor genome revealed that it harbors six copies of divergent rRNA operons that may express and constitute three and five different kinds of small subunit (SSU) and large subunit (LSU) rRNA molecules, respectively, in a single cell. Phylogenetic analyses of the LSU rRNA genes and the internal transcribed spacer between SSU and LSU genes indicated that the LSU gene of rrnA and rrnE operons might be the result of interspecies recombination between rRNA genes in closely related streptomycetes. Profiling of rRNA species using primer extension analysis showed that heterogeneous rRNA transcripts are expressed and assembled into ribosomes in the cell. As the cells developed from germination to sporulation, the relative amount of LSU rRNA molecules derived from three rRNA operons (rrnA, D, and E) gradually decreased from approximately 85% to approximately 60%, whereas the distribution of LSU rRNA molecules from two other operons (rrnB and F) and rrnC operon gradually increased from approximately 10% to approximately 20% of the total LSU rRNA. These findings indicate that heterogeneous rRNA molecules are differentially expressed during the life cycle of this developmentally complex microorganism.
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- Hyun-Lee Kim
- Graduate School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Pochon CHA University, Seongnam, Korea
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Newell KV, Thomas DP, Brekasis D, Paget MSB. The RNA polymerase-binding protein RbpA confers basal levels of rifampicin resistance on Streptomyces coelicolor. Mol Microbiol 2006; 60:687-96. [PMID: 16629670 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05116.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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RbpA is an RNA polymerase-binding protein that occurs in the actinomycete family of bacteria and is regulated by the disulphide stress-response sigma factor, sigma(R), in Streptomyces coelicolor. Here we demonstrate that rbpA null mutants exhibit a slow-growth phenotype and are particularly sensitive to the transcription inhibitor rifampicin. Strikingly, transcription mapping experiments revealed that rbpA expression is induced upon exposure of S. coelicolor to rifampicin and that this, in part, involves an increase in the activity of sigma(R). In contrast, the ribosomal RNA operon promoter rrnDp3, which is recognized by the vegetative sigma factor sigma(HrdB), was strongly inhibited by rifampicin. Reconstitution of RNAP from an rbpA null mutant with purified RbpA revealed that RbpA stimulates transcription from rrnDp3, even in the presence of rifampicin. The data presented suggest that RbpA confers basal levels of rifampicin resistance and is a novel regulator of rRNA synthesis in S. coelicolor.
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- Katy V Newell
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK
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Sevcíková B, Mazuráková V, Kormanec J. Characterization of the alternative sigma factor sigmaG in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2005; 50:47-58. [PMID: 15954533 DOI: 10.1007/bf02931293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Using the previously established two-plasmid system for the identification of promoters recognized by a particular sigma factor, we identified two positive DNA fragments that were active only after induced sigG, encoding sigma factor sigmaG of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). High-resolution S1-nuclease mapping in the Escherichia coli two-plasmid system identified potential promoters, PG45 and PG54, whose sequences were similar to the consensus sequence of Bacillus subtilis promoters recognized by the general stress-response sigma factor sigmaB. However, both putative sigmaG-dependent promoters were not active in S. coelicolor. Sequence analysis of the regions potentially governed by the promoters revealed a gene encoding a hypothetical protein SCO5555 and the rrnE gene encoding rRNA operon. To confirm that sigG encodes sigma factor, the sigmaG protein was overproduced in E. coli and purified. In an in vitro transcription assay, sigmaG, after complementation with S. coelicolor core RNA polymerase, was able to recognize both sigmaG-dependent promoters and initiate transcription.
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- B Sevcíková
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Center of Excellence for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 51 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Gürtler V, Mayall BC, Seviour R. Can whole genome analysis refine the taxonomy of the genus Rhodococcus? FEMS Microbiol Rev 2004; 28:377-403. [PMID: 15449609 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2004.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The current systematics of the genus Rhodococcus is unclear, partly because many members were originally included before the application of a polyphasic taxonomic approach, central to which is the acquisition of 16S rRNA sequence data. This has resulted in the reclassification and description of many new species. Hence, the literature is replete with new species names that have not been brought together in an organized and easily interpreted form. This taxonomic confusion has been compounded by assigning many xenobiotic degrading isolates with phylogenetic positions but without formal taxonomic descriptions. In order to provide a framework for a taxonomic approach based on multiple genetic loci, a survey was undertaken of the known genome characteristics of members of the genus Rhodococcus including: (i) genetics of cell envelope biosynthesis; (ii) virulence genes; (iii) gene clusters involved in metabolic degradation and industrially relevant pathways; (iv) genetic analysis tools; (v) rapid identification of bacteria including rhodococci with specific gene RFLPs; (vi) genomic organization of rrn operons. Genes encoding virulence factors have been characterized for Rhodococcus equi and Rhodococcus fascians. Based on peptide signature comparisons deduced from gene sequences for cytochrome P-450, mono- and dioxygenases, alkane degradation, nitrile metabolism, proteasomes and desulfurization, phylogenetic relationships can be deduced for Rhodococcus erythropolis, Rhodococcus globerulus, Rhodococcus ruber and a number of undesignated Rhodococcus spp. that may distinguish the genus Rhodococcus into two further genera. The linear genome topologies that exist in some Rhodococcus species may alter a previously proposed model for the analysis of genomic fingerprinting techniques used in bacterial systematics.
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- Volker Gürtler
- Department of Microbiology, Austin Health, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Vic. 3084, Australia.
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Bralley P, Jones GH. cDNA cloning confirms the polyadenylation of RNA decay intermediates in Streptomyces coelicolor. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2002; 148:1421-5. [PMID: 11988516 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-5-1421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In Escherichia coli the poly(A) tails of messenger and rRNAs are a major determinant of RNA stability. These tails are formed primarily by poly(A) polymerase I (PAP I) in wild-type strains or by polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) in PAP I-deficient strains. In Streptomyces coelicolor it has been shown that mycelial RNAs display biochemical characteristics consistent with the presence of poly(A) tails. To confirm the occurrence of polyadenylation, rRNA and mRNA transcripts from S. coelicolor were isolated by oligo(dT)-dependent RT-PCR followed by cDNA cloning. One of the clones obtained was polyadenylated at a site corresponding to the mature 3' terminus of 16S rRNA, while two 23S rRNA cDNA clones were polyadenylated at precursor processing sites. Other clones identified polyadenylation sites internal to the coding regions of both 16S and 23S rRNAs, and redD and actII-orf4 mRNAs. While most rRNA cDNA clones displayed adenosine homopolymer tails, the poly(A) tails of three rRNAs and all the redD and actII-orf4 clones consisted of a variety of heteropolymers. These results suggest that the enzyme primarily responsible for polyadenylation in S. coelicolor is PNPase rather than a PAP I homologue.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Nucleotidyltransferases/metabolism
- Poly A/genetics
- Poly A/metabolism
- Polyadenylation
- RNA Stability
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/metabolism
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Streptomyces/enzymology
- Streptomyces/genetics
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- Patricia Bralley
- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Blanco G, Sánchez C, Rodicio MR, Méndez C, Salas JA. Identification of a growth phase-dependent promoter in the rplJL operon of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1517:243-9. [PMID: 11342105 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(00)00280-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A single promoter, rplJp (P(L10)), has been identified in the rplJL operon from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) by promoter probe and primer extension analyses. P(L10) is located upstream of the rplL gene and of the DNA encoding the mRNA leader region that contains the putative L10 (or L10.L12(4)) binding site for translational autogenous regulation. The potential start point for transcription was found 239 nucleotides upstream of the predicted translational start codon of rplJ. The promoter sequence shows -35 and -10 hexamers that resemble those of Streptomyces consensus Escherichia coli sigma(70)-like promoters and the rplJp from Streptomyces griseus. The amount of the transcript detected by primer extension analysis decreases during growth immediately after the transition phase, a slowdown in growth occurring during exponential phase associated with increases in ppGpp level. The temporal pattern of transcripts shows a clear correlation with the temporal pattern of L10 and L7/L12 protein synthesis reported in previous kinetic studies. This indicates that P(L10) is a growth phase-dependent promoter which may contribute, together with translational regulation, to the decrease in the synthesis of L10 and L7/L12 observed in liquid minimal medium. This is supported by results of promoter probe experiments. Although no significant promoter activity has been found by promoter probing in the rplJ and rplL intergenic region, an additional 5'-transcript end was detected by primer extension, probably as a result of mRNA processing event from a longer transcript. This may be required to maintain the 1:4 ratio observed for L10 and L7/L12 in the ribosomes.
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- G Blanco
- Departamento de Biología Funcional, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Aigle B, Wietzorrek A, Takano E, Bibb MJ. A single amino acid substitution in region 1.2 of the principal sigma factor of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) results in pleiotropic loss of antibiotic production. Mol Microbiol 2000; 37:995-1004. [PMID: 10972819 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02022.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Antibiotic production in streptomycetes generally occurs in a growth phase-dependent and developmentally co-ordinated manner, and is subject to pathway-specific and pleiotropic control. Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) produces at least four chemically distinct antibiotics, including actinorhodin (Act) and undecylprodigiosin (Red). afsB mutants of S. coelicolor are deficient in the production of both compounds and in the synthesis of a diffusible gamma-butyrolactone, SCB1, that can elicit precocious Act and Red production. Clones encoding the principal and essential sigma factor (sigmaHrdB) of S. coelicolor restored Act and Red production in the afsB mutant BH5. A highly conserved glycine (G) at position 243 of sigmaHrdB was shown to be replaced by aspartate (D) in BH5. Replacement of G243 by D in the afsB+ strain M145 reproduced the afsB phenotype. The antibiotic deficiency correlated with reduced transcription of actII-ORF4 and redD, pathway-specific regulatory genes for Act and Red production respectively. Exogenous addition of SCB1 to the G-243D mutants failed to restore Act and Red synthesis, indicating that loss of antibiotic production was not a result of the deficiency in SCB1 synthesis. The G-243D substitution, which lies in the highly conserved 1.2 region of undefined function, had no effect on growth rate or morphological differentiation, and appears specifically to affect antibiotic production.
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- B Aigle
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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Bey SJ, Tsou MF, Huang CH, Yang CC, Chen CW. The homologous terminal sequence of the Streptomyces lividans chromosome and SLP2 plasmid. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2000; 146 ( Pt 4):911-922. [PMID: 10784050 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-4-911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The chromosome of Streptomyces lividans shares 15.4 kb homology with one end of the linear plasmid SLP2, consisting of a 10.1 kb terminal sequence followed by the 5.3 kb transposable element Tn4811. The 10.1 kb terminal sequence was determined. The mean G+C content of this sequence is 67.9 mol% with a striking G vs C bias in the last kb. The terminal 232 nt contained 10 palindromic sequences with potential to form complex secondary structures. One typical Streptomyces coding sequence (designated ORF1) of 2643 bp was predicted in the determined sequence. The amino acid sequence of the ORF1 product contained a DEAH helicase motif, and exhibited similarity to type I restriction enzyme HsdR subunits in the database, suggesting a possible role in replication of the telomeres. However, all the ORF1 sequences on the chromosome and SLP2 could be simultaneously knocked out by targeted recombination without affecting the viability of the cells and the linearity of the chromosome and SLP2. This ruled out ORF1 as an essential component in the maintenance of the linear chromosome and plasmids.
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- Shian-Jy Bey
- Institute of Genetics, National Yang-Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei 112, Taiwan1
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- Institute of Genetics, National Yang-Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei 112, Taiwan1
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- Institute of Genetics, National Yang-Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei 112, Taiwan1
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan2
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- Institute of Genetics, National Yang-Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei 112, Taiwan1
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Kreuze JF, Suomalainen S, Paulin L, Valkonen JP. Phylogenetic Analysis of 16S rRNA Genes and PCR Analysis of the nec1 Gene from Streptomyces spp. Causing Common Scab, Pitted Scab, and Netted Scab in Finland. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 1999; 89:462-469. [PMID: 18944717 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.1999.89.6.462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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ABSTRACT The sequences of the 16S rRNA genes (nucleotides 29 to 1,521) from various Streptomyces strains pathogenic to potato were compared. These included 10 pathogenic Streptomyces strains isolated from potato scab lesions in Finland, the type strains of S. aureofaciens NRRL 2209(T) and S. lydicus ATCC 25470(T), 'S. griseus subsp. scabies' ATCC 10246, and two S. griseus strains that were originally deposited to the collection as pathogens. The nucleotide sequence (>94.5% sequence identity [SI]) and length (1,469 to 1,481 nucleotides) of the analyzed region varied. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA genes placed Finnish strains into three species, supported by previously characterized morphological and physiological traits. Six Finnish strains, including two strains that deviated from the others in one trait (no spiral sporophores or D-xylose utilization), had identical 16S rRNA genes and were identified as S. scabies (99.9% SI to S. scabies ATCC 49173). Three Finnish strains were identified as S. turgidiscabies, a species previously described only in Japan (99.9% SI to S. turgidiscabies ATCC 700248). Finnish strain 317 and S. aureofaciens NRRL 2209 (99.8% SI) were placed in a distinct phylogenetic cluster together with Kitosatospora spp., which suggests that S. aureofaciens may belong to the recently revived genus Kitosatospora. In pathogenicity tests, S. scabies caused characteristic symptoms of common scab, S. turgidiscabies caused mainly pitted scab, and S. aureofaciens caused netted scab and necrotic lesions on stolons of potato cultivars Bintje and Matilda in the greenhouse. The nec1 gene and the intergenic region between nec1 and the 5' transposase pseudogene ORFtnp were successfully amplified by polymerase chain reaction from S. scabies ATCC 49173 and the pathogenic Finnish strains of S. scabies, but not from a nonpathogenic strain of S. scabies, three pathogenic and two nonpathogenic strains of S. turgidiscabies, and S. aureofaciens.
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Chakraburtty R, Bibb M. The ppGpp synthetase gene (relA) of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) plays a conditional role in antibiotic production and morphological differentiation. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:5854-61. [PMID: 9294445 PMCID: PMC179477 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5854-5861.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Deletion of most of the coding region of the ppGpp synthetase gene (relA) of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) resulted in loss of ppGpp synthesis, both upon entry into stationary phase under conditions of nitrogen limitation and following amino acid starvation during exponential growth, but had no effect on growth rate. The relA mutant, which showed continued rRNA synthesis upon amino acid depletion (the relaxed response), failed to produce the antibiotics undecylprodigiosin (Red) and actinorhodin (Act) under conditions of nitrogen limitation. The latter appears to reflect diminished transcription of pathway-specific regulatory genes for Red and Act production, redD and actII-ORF4, respectively. In addition to the changes in secondary metabolism, the relA mutant showed a marked delay in the onset and extent of morphological differentiation, resulting in a conspicuously altered colony morphology.
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- R Chakraburtty
- Department of Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, United Kingdom
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de León P, Mellado RP. Ribosomal RNA synthesis in Streptomyces lividans under heat shock conditions. Gene X 1997; 194:125-32. [PMID: 9266681 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00183-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Clones containing rRNA genes were isolated from a gene library of Streptomyces lividans when RNA produced under heat shock conditions was used as a probe. Two of the clones carried entire rRNA operons rrnA and rrnF, respectively, the expression of both operons being under the control of four different promoters. At least two of the promoters were fully functional when the temperature increased from 30 to 45 degrees C, ensuring transcription of the rRNA genes under the heat shock. A third clone carried a partial rRNA operon in which expression was controlled by a main promoter that was functional at both 30 and 45 degrees C.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Consensus Sequence
- Gene Library
- Genes, Bacterial
- Heat-Shock Response
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Open Reading Frames
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA, Bacterial/biosynthesis
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/biosynthesis
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Restriction Mapping
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Species Specificity
- Streptomyces/genetics
- Streptomyces/physiology
- Temperature
- Transcription, Genetic
- rRNA Operon
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- P de León
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Campus de la Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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Kang JG, Hahn MY, Ishihama A, Roe JH. Identification of sigma factors for growth phase-related promoter selectivity of RNA polymerases from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Nucleic Acids Res 1997; 25:2566-73. [PMID: 9185565 PMCID: PMC146787 DOI: 10.1093/nar/25.13.2566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We examined the promoter selectivity of RNA polymerase (RNAP) from Streptomyces coelicolor at two growth phases by in vitro transcription. Distinct sets of promoters were preferentially recognized by either exponential or stationary phase RNAP. No change in molecular weight or net charge of the core subunits was observed, suggesting that the associated specificity factors determined phase-specific promoter selectivity of the holoenzyme. Five different specificity factors and their cognate promoters were identified by in vitro holoenzyme reconstitution and transcription assays. sigma66 (sigma hrdB) and sigma46 (sigma hrdD) recognized promoters (rrnD p2 and dagA p4 for sigma66, actII-orf4 p and whiB p2 for sigma46) preferentially transcribed by the exponential phase RNAP. sigma52 recognized promoters (dagA p3 and actIII px1) preferentially transcribed by the stationary phase RNAP. Sigma28 (sigma sigE) recognized promoters (hrdD p1, whiB p1 and dagA p2) transcribed equally by both RNAPs. A novel 31 kDa specificity factor recognized actIII px2, glnR p2 and hrdD p2 promoters preferentially transcribed by the stationary phase RNAP. This factor was isolated from the stationary phase RNAP and reconstituted holoenzyme in vitro as a sigma factor. The N-terminal sequence suggests that it is a novel factor. By examining phase-specific promoter recognition pattern we can predict that holoenzyme Esigma52 and Esigma31 activities are higher in the stationary phase, whereas Esigma66 and Esigma46activities are higher in the exponential phase. Possible promoter sequences recognized by some of these sigma factors were suggested.
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- J G Kang
- Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, and Research Center for Molecular Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Labes G, Bibb M, Wohlleben W. Isolation and characterization of a strong promoter element from the Streptomyces ghanaensis phage I19 using the gentamicin resistance gene (aacC1) of Tn 1696 as reporter. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1997; 143 ( Pt 5):1503-1512. [PMID: 9168600 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A promoter-probe shuttle plasmid (pGL7011) containing the promoterless aminoglycoside-O-acetyltransferase I gene (aacC1) of Tn1696 was used to isolate DNA fragments from Streptomyces ghanaensis phage I19 that possessed promoter activity in Streptomyces lividans TK23. Analysis of gentamicin (Gm) resistance levels in Escherichia coli and in S. lividans TK23, and of aacC1 mRNA levels in S. lividans, identified a fragment (F14) that exhibited a high level of promoter activity in both species. Subsequent analysis revealed that the promoter activity of SF14 (a subcloned fragment of F14) was about twice that of ermEp*, one of the strongest characterized actinomycete promoters. SF14 contained two tandemly arranged promoters, 14-Ip and p14-IIp, with overlapping and adjacent -10 and -35 regions, respectively. Both promoters appear to be recognized with different efficiencies by the major RNA polymerase holoenzyme (E sigma hrdB) of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).
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- Gabriele Labes
- Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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La Fontaine S, Rood JI. Organization of ribosomal RNA genes from the footrot pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1996; 142 ( Pt 4):889-899. [PMID: 8936315 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-4-889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Southern hybridization analysis revealed that there were three rrn loci within the genome of Dichelobacter nodosus, the causative organism of ovine footrot. These loci (rrnA, rrnB and rrnC) were isolated on recombinant lambda clones, and comprised 16S, 23S and 5S rRNA genes closely linked in that order. Sequence and primer extension analysis revealed the presence of putative genes encoding tRNA(Ile) and tRNA(Ala) within the 16S-23S spacer region, as well as a number of potential regulatory features. These elements included a single promoter, which was mapped upstream of the 16S rRNA gene and which was similar to Escherichia coli consensus promoter sequences, an AT-rich upstream region, a GC-rich motif that may be involved in stringent control, leader and spacer antitermination sequences, sites for ribonuclease processing, and a putative factor-independent terminator sequence. Potential open reading frames (ORFS) were identified within the regions flanking the rrn loci, with identical copies of the 3' terminal ORF present downstream of each rRNA operon. Determination of the complete sequence of the 5S rRNA gene, and derivation of the 5S rRNA secondary structure, further substantiated the 16S rRNA-based placement of D. nodosus within the gamma division of the Proteobacteria.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Bacteroides/genetics
- Bacteroides/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Foot Rot/microbiology
- Gene Amplification
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Linkage
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics
- Restriction Mapping
- Sheep
- Sheep Diseases/microbiology
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- Sharon La Fontaine
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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Tesch C, Nikoleit K, Gnau V, Götz F, Bormann C. Biochemical and molecular characterization of the extracellular esterase from Streptomyces diastatochromogenes. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:1858-65. [PMID: 8606158 PMCID: PMC177879 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.1858-1865.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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An esterase of Streptomyces diastatochromogenes was purified to homogeneity from culture filtrate. The purified enzyme had a molecular mass of 30,862 +/- 5.8 Da, as determined by electrospray mass spectrometry. The esterase-encoding gene was cloned on a 5.1-kb MboI fragment from S. diastatochromogenes genomic DNA into Streptomyces lividans TK23 by using plasmid vector pIJ702. Nucleotide sequence analysis predicted a 978-bp open reading frame, estA, encoding a protein of 326 amino acids, a potential ribosome binding site, and a putative 35- or 36-residue signal peptide for secretion in S. lividans or S. diastatochromogenes, respectively. The transcriptional initiation site was mapped 29 nucleotides upstream from the predicted translational start codon of estA in S. diastatochromogenes. The protein sequence deduced from the estA gene was similar to that of the esterase from the plant pathogen Streptomyces scabies. Both enzymes lacked the conserved motif GXSXG carrying the active-site serine of hydrolytic enzymes. A serine modified by [1,3-3H]diisopropyl fluorophosphate was located at position 11 of the mature enzyme in the sequence GDSYT. This finding and results obtained by site-directed mutagenesis studies indicate that serine 11 may be the active-site nucleophile.
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- C Tesch
- Mikrobielle Genetik, Universität Tübingen, Germany
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La Farina M, Stira S, Mancuso R, Grisanti C. Characterization of Streptomyces venezuelae ATCC 10595 rRNA gene clusters and cloning of rrnA. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:1480-3. [PMID: 8631730 PMCID: PMC177827 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1480-1483.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Streptomyces venezuelae ATCC 10595 harbors seven rRNA gene clusters which can be distinguished by BglII digestion. The three rRNA genes present in each set are closely linked with the general structure 16S-23S-5S. We cloned rrnA and sequenced the 16S-23S spacer region and the region downstream of the 5S rRNA gene. No tRNA gene was found in these regions.
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MESH Headings
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Genes, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- RNA Probes
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics
- Species Specificity
- Streptomyces/genetics
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- M La Farina
- Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Università di Palermo, Italy
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Gonzalez-Y-Merchand JA, Colston MJ, Cox RA. The rRNA operons of Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis: comparison of promoter elements and of neighbouring upstream genes. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1996; 142 ( Pt 3):667-674. [PMID: 8868442 DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-3-667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Mycobacterium smegmatis has two rRNA (rrn) operons designated rrnAf and rrnBf. Appropriate restriction fragments of genomic DNA containing sequences immediately upstream from the 16S rRNA genes were cloned. We now report the nucleotide sequence of 552 bp upstream from the 5'-end of the Box AL antitermination element of the leader region of the rrnAf operon. The 5'-end of this segment of DNA was found to comprise 113 codons of an ORF encoding a protein which is significantly similar to UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyl-transferase (EC 2.5.1.7), which is important to cell wall synthesis. A homologous ORF is located immediately upstream from the single rrn (rrnAs) operons of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae. Primer-extension analysis of the RNA fraction of M. smegmatis revealed four products which were related to transcription start points; the rrnBf operon appears to have a single promoter whereas the rrnAf operon has three (P1, P2 and P3). Analysis of M. tuberculosis RNA revealed two products corresponding to transcripts directed by promoters homologous with P1 and P3 of the rrnAf of M. smegmatis. Thus, the promoter and upstream regions of the rrnAf operon of M. smegmatis and the rrnAs operon of M. tuberculosis are homologous. The presence of P2 in M. smegmatis and its absence from M. tuberculosis is attributable to insertions/deletions of 97 bp.
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- Jorge A Gonzalez-Y-Merchand
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, IPN, Ap. Postal 4-870, 06400 Mexico DF, Mexico
- Division of Mycobacterial Research, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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- Division of Mycobacterial Research, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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- Division of Mycobacterial Research, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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Rodicio MR, Quinton-Jager T, Moran LS, Slatko BE, Wilson GG. Organization and sequence of the SalI restriction-modification system. Gene 1994; 151:167-72. [PMID: 7828868 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90650-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The organization and nucleotide (nt) sequences were determined for the genes encoding the SalI restriction and modification (R-M) system (recognition sequence 5'-GTCGAC-3') from Streptomyces albus G. The system comprises two genes, salIR, coding for the restriction endonuclease (ENase, R.SalI; probably 315 amino acids (aa), a predicted M(r) of 35,305; product, G'TCGAC) and salIM, coding for the methyltransferase (MTase, M.SalI; probably 587 aa, a predicted M(r) of 64,943; product, GTCGm6AC). The genes are adjacent, they have the same orientation, and they occur in the order salIR then salIM. R.SalI contains a putative magnesium-binding motif similar to those at the active sites of R.EcoRI and R.EcoRV, but otherwise it bears little aa sequence similarity to other ENases. M.SalI is a member of the m6A gamma class of MTases. In aa sequence it resembles M.AccI, another m6A gamma-MTase whose recognition sequence includes the SalI recognition sequence as a subset.
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- M R Rodicio
- Departamento de Biologia Funcional, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
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Salazar O, Sagredo B, Jedlicki E, Söll D, Weygand-Durasevic I, Orellana O. Thiobacillus ferrooxidans tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase functions in vivo in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:4409-15. [PMID: 7517395 PMCID: PMC205654 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.14.4409-4415.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase gene (tyrZ) from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, an acidophilic, autotrophic, gram-negative bacterium that participates in bioleaching of minerals, was cloned and sequenced. The encoded polypeptide (TyrRZ) is 407 amino acids in length (molecular mass; 38 kDa). The predicted protein sequence has an extensive overall identity (44%) to the sequence of the protein encoded by the Bacillus subtilus tyrZ gene, one of the two genes encoding tyrosyl-tRNA synthetases in this microorganism. Alignment with Escherichia coli TyrRS revealed limited overall identity (24%), except in the regions of the signature sequence for class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Complementation of an E. coli strain with a thermosensitive mutation in TyrRS showed that the protein encoded by the T. ferrooxidans tyrZ gene is functional and recognizes the E. coli tRNA(Tyr) as a substrate. TyrZ is a single-copy gene as revealed by Southern blot analysis. The gene was localized upstream from the putative promoters of the rrnT2 ribosomal RNA operon. Although no rho-independent transcription terminator was found between the two genes, a 1.3-kb RNA hybridized to a DNA probe derived from the tyrZ gene. The functional relationship between these two transcription units is discussed.
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- O Salazar
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago
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Webb V, Davies J. Antibiotic preparations contain DNA: a source of drug resistance genes? Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1993; 37:2379-84. [PMID: 8285621 PMCID: PMC192395 DOI: 10.1128/aac.37.11.2379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Fluorescence measurements and polymerase chain reaction amplification of streptomycete 16S ribosomal DNA sequences were used to show that a number of antibiotic preparations employed for human and animal use are contaminated with chromosomal DNA of the antibiotic-producing organism. The DNA contains identifiable antibiotic resistance gene sequences; the uptake of this DNA by bacteria and its functional incorporation into bacterial replicons would lead to the generation of antibiotic resistance determinants. We propose that the presence of DNA encoding drug resistance in antibiotic preparations has been a factor in the rapid development of multiple antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
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- V Webb
- Department of Microbiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Kim E, Kim H, Hong SP, Kang KH, Kho YH, Park YH. Gene organization and primary structure of a ribosomal RNA gene cluster from Streptomyces griseus subsp. griseus. Gene 1993; 132:21-31. [PMID: 7691689 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90510-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The Streptomyces griseus subsp. griseus KCTC 9080 genome contains six rRNA-encoding gene (rDNA) clusters. One rDNA cluster (rrnE), contained in an 8.7-kb BamHI fragment, was cloned and sequenced. The rDNA were arranged in the order 16S-23S-5S, and separated by small intergenic spacers. No tRNA-encoding sequences were found in the spacer regions. The lengths of the mature 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs were 1528, 3120 and 120 nucleotides (nt), respectively. The G + C content of the gene cluster was lower than that of the chromosomal DNA. In general, the primary and secondary structures of the three rRNAs showed good agreement with those from other Streptomyces species. However, in comparison with Escherichia coli, two noticeable changes (mismatches and deletions) and two large insertions were identified in the 16S and 23S rRNAs, respectively. On the other hand, regions showing considerable heterogeneity, even within the genus Streptomyces, were found in both rRNAs. Putative primers and processing signals showing high sequence similarity to those from other Streptomyces species were located in the region upstream from the 5' end of the mature 16S rRNA. A potential hairpin loop structure reminiscent of a Rho-independent terminator was located just downstream from the 5S rRNA. A considerable degree of sequence conservation and variation within rDNA gene clusters was revealed in this study, both at the infra- and suprageneric levels.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Streptomyces griseus/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic
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- E Kim
- Genetic Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon
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Yu TW, Chen CW. The unstable melC operon of Streptomyces antibioticus is codeleted with a Tn4811-homologous locus. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:1847-52. [PMID: 8383668 PMCID: PMC203993 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.6.1847-1852.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The melC operon of Streptomyces antibioticus is unstable, undergoing frequent spontaneous deletions. All the delta melC mutants analyzed also lost 2-kb V1 DNA, which contained two open reading frames (ORFs) homologous to ORF4 (a putative oxidoreductase gene) and ORF5 (a putative AraC-type regulatory gene) of Tn4811. The two ORFs may constitute an accessory unit of a different transposon.
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- T W Yu
- Institute of Genetics, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chen CW, Yu TW, Chung HM, Chou CF. Discovery and characterization of a new transposable element, Tn4811, in Streptomyces lividans 66. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:7762-9. [PMID: 1332944 PMCID: PMC207491 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.23.7762-7769.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Transposition of a new 5.4-kb transposon, Tn4811, of Streptomyces lividans to the melC operon of Streptomyces antibioticus on plasmid pIJ702 was discovered. The nucleotide sequence of this copy of Tn4811, which contained an imperfect (9 of 11 bp) terminal inverted repeat, five putative Streptomyces coding sequences for an oxidoreductase and its transcription regulator, and three transposition-related proteins, was determined. SLP- strains of S. lividans contained one copy (A) of Tn4811, while SLP2+ strains contained an additional copy (B) on the SLP2 plasmid. The nucleotide sequences at three insertion junctions of Tn4811 were determined. Copy B lacked 41 bp from the left end. At the other five junctions the duplication of a putative 3-bp target sequence (TGA) was observed. A sequence of less than 3 kb homologous to Tn4811 was present in S. antibioticus. DNA homologous to Tn4811 was not detected in 14 other Streptomyces species.
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- C W Chen
- Institute of Genetics, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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East AK, Thompson DE, Collins MD. Analysis of operons encoding 23S rRNA of Clostridium botulinum type A. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:8158-62. [PMID: 1339427 PMCID: PMC207558 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.24.8158-8162.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Southern hybridization analysis of Clostridium botulinum type A chromosomal DNA indicated the presence of six copies of the 23S rRNA gene. Fragments of DNA encoding 23S rRNA were amplified by polymerase chain reaction and cloned in Escherichia coli. Three clones examined by restriction enzyme and sequence analysis were found to be derived from different operons. Sequence determination of the entire insert of two clones revealed nine nucleotide changes in the genes coding for 23S rRNA (99.7% sequence identity) between operons encoded on the same chromosome, showing microheterogeneity in the rRNA operons of this organism.
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- A K East
- Department of Microbiology, AFRC Institute for Food Research, Reading, United Kingdom
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Soliveri J, Brown KL, Buttner MJ, Chater KF. Two promoters for the whiB sporulation gene of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and their activities in relation to development. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:6215-20. [PMID: 1400171 PMCID: PMC207690 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.19.6215-6220.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Two transcripts corresponding to the whiB sporulation gene of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) that differed in length at their 5' ends by 164 nucleotides were identified by S1 mapping. Their presumptive promoters differed from each other; the more downstream, P2, resembled typical prokaryotic promoters (i.e., those recognized by the major form of RNA polymerase) at five of six positions in its -10 and -35 regions; and the more upstream, P1, was comparably similar, instead, to the previously described hrdDp1 promoter (M. J. Buttner, K. F. Chater, and M. J. Bibb, J. Bacteriol. 172:3367-3378, 1990) around -40, -10, and +1. In surface cultures of the wild-type strain, the abundance of transcripts from the weak P1 promoter showed no obvious correlation with the developmental stage, whereas transcripts from P2 were barely detectable until aerial mycelium was present and then became relatively abundant, consistent with the developmental role of whiB. Both types of transcript were detected during and, to a lesser extent, after rapid growth in liquid culture. In addition, both promoters were utilized in vitro by RNA polymerase purified from a liquid culture of S. coelicolor. Transcription from P1 and P2 was observed during surface culture in strains carrying mutations blocking aerial mycelium formation (bldA and bldB) or the formation of spores in aerial mycelium (whiA, whiB, whiG, and whiH). Thus, whiB transcription is not severely dependent on any of these developmental genes, among which whiG is the determinant of a putative sigma factor specific for, and crucial to, sporulation.
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- J Soliveri
- John Innes Institute, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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The repressor gene, c, of the temperate Streptomyces phage, phi C31 was previously cloned and sequenced, and predicted to encode a 74-kDa protein. The c gene actually produces three in-frame, N-terminally different, C-terminally identical proteins of 74, 54 and 42 kDa. The repressor proteins are translated from a corresponding nest of transcripts. Genetic and biochemical evidence suggests that the transcription of the c locus is autoregulated possibly by the 42-kDa protein binding to a highly conserved 16-bp perfect inverted repeat. The 16-bp sequence is present at at least twelve loci throughout the phi C31 genome. Transcription of the 'early' region is complex, possibly involving phage-specific promoters. The phi C31 terminators display sequence conservation and may be regulated. The phi C31 gene 'k' may encode a nucleotide kinase-encoding gene.
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- M C Smith
- Department of Biological and Molecular Science, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
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Guédon G, Pébay M, Colmin C, Simonet JM, Decaris B. The 23S-5S spacer of two rRNA loci of Streptococcus salivarius subsp thermophilus includes a promoter. Biochimie 1992; 74:585-8. [PMID: 1381619 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(92)90159-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The nucleotide sequence of the 3' part of a ribosomal and transfer RNA locus from Streptococcus salivarius subsp thermophilus NST1403 was determined. The sequenced DNA fragment includes the 3' end of a 23S rRNA gene, a 5S rRNA gene, a tRNA(asn) gene and a potential transcriptional terminator. The tRNA gene does not encode for the CCA 3'terminus of mature tRNA. We compared this sequence to a promoter-carrying DNA fragment sequence (P20) of Streptococcus salivarius subsp thermophilus A054 [1]. We found that the P20 sequence included the 3' end of a 23S rRNA gene, a 5S rRNA gene and the 5' part of a tRNA(val) gene. The two 23S-5S spacer sequences are identical and contain a promoter and a potential 23S rRNA processing site. Therefore, 5S rRNA and tRNA genes could be transcribed from a promoter located within the 23S-5S spacer of at least two of the six rRNA loci.
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- G Guédon
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Microbiologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Nancy I, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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The codon usage (CU) patterns of 64 genes from the Gram+ prokaryotic genus Streptomyces were analysed. Despite the extremely high overall G+C content of the Streptomyces genome (estimated at 0.74), individual genes varied in G+C content from 0.610 to 0.797, and had third codon position G+C contents (GC3s) that varied from 0.764 to 0.983. The variation in GC3s explains a significant proportion of the variation in CU patterns. This is consistent with an evolutionary model of the Streptomyces genome where biased mutation pressure has led to a high average G+C content with random variation about the mean, although the variation observed is greater than that expected from a simple binomial model. The only gene in the sample that can be confidently predicted to be highly expressed, EF-Tu of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) (GC3s = 0.927), shows a preference for a third position C in several of the four codon families, and for CGY and GGY for Arg and Gly codons, respectively (Y = pyrimidine); similar CU patterns are found in highly expressed genes of the G+C-rich Micrococcus luteus genome. It thus appears that codon usage in Streptomyces is determined predominantly by mutation bias, with weak translational selection operating only in highly expressed genes. We discuss the possible consequences of the extreme codon bias of Streptomyces and consider how it may have evolved. A set of CU tables is provided for use with computer programs that locate protein-coding regions.
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- F Wright
- Scottish Agricultural Statistics Service, University of Edinburgh, U.K
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Strohl WR. Compilation and analysis of DNA sequences associated with apparent streptomycete promoters. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:961-74. [PMID: 1549509 PMCID: PMC312078 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.5.961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 390] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The DNA sequences associated with 139 apparent streptomycete transcriptional start sites are compiled and compared. Of these, 29 promoters appeared to belong to a group which are similar to those recognized by eubacterial RNA polymerases containing sigma 70-like subunits. The other 110 putative promoter regions contain a wide diversity of sequences; several of these promoters have obvious sequence similarities in the -10 and/or -35 regions. The apparent Shine-Dalgarno regions of 44 streptomycete genes are also examined and compared. These were found to have a wide range of degree of complementarity to the 3' end of streptomycete 16S rRNA. Eleven streptomycete genes are described and compared in which transcription and translation are proposed to be initiated from the same or nearby nucleotide. An updated consensus sequence for the E sigma 70-like promoters is proposed and a potential group of promoter sequences containing guanine-rich -35 regions also is identified.
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- W R Strohl
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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Chang SC, Yang WC, Lee YH. The 16S rRNA gene of Streptomyces lividans TK64 contains internal promoters. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 1129:219-22. [PMID: 1370378 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(92)90491-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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A 632-bp Sau3AI fragment of Streptomyces lividans TK64 genome was found to confer promoter activity in Streptomyces and Escherichia coli. This fragment showed almost identical sequence (97.8%) to the S. coelicolor 16S rRNA segment encompassing from nucleotide 706 to 1337 region. The transcription start points of this fragment were identified by the primer extension method. Analysis of the nucleotide sequence upstream the transcription start points revealed two putative E. coli-like promoters resided within this fragment. The occurrence of internal promoters active in Streptomyces and E. coli was also confirmed in the 16S rRNA gene of rrnE operon from TK64.
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- S C Chang
- Institute of Biochemistry, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Sathyamoorthy M, Alcorn SC, Lohnas GL, Anderson JJ, Uratani BB. Identification and characterization of the ribosomal RNA-encoding genes in Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis. Gene 1991; 108:47-53. [PMID: 1761230 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(91)90486-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis (Cxc) is a xylem-inhabiting bacterial endophyte of Bermudagrass. This organism is classified with Gram-positive, high G + C content, coryneform-actinomycete bacteria. Southern-blot analysis showed that Cxc contains only one copy of the ribosomal RNA-encoding genes (rRNA). A clone containing the rRNA genes was isolated from a genomic library of Cxc DNA cloned in the lambda EMBL3 vector. The gene cluster was partially sequenced, revealing the gene order 5'-16S-23S-5S-3', similar to that found in other prokaryotes. Low-resolution S1 mapping suggested multiple transcription start points of the rRNA operon.
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MESH Headings
- Actinomycetales/genetics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family/genetics
- Operon
- Poaceae/microbiology
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
- Restriction Mapping
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Transcription, Genetic
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Smith MC, Owen CE. Three in-frame N-terminally different proteins are produced from the repressor locus of the Streptomyces bacteriophage phi C31. Mol Microbiol 1991; 5:2833-44. [PMID: 1779769 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb01992.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The sequence of the repressor locus, c, of the Streptomyces temperate phage, phi C31, was shown previously to contain an open reading frame encoding a 74 kDa protein. Further analysis of the transcriptional and translational products of the c gene shows a more complex pattern of expression. A nest of three in-frame N-terminally different, C-terminally identical proteins of 74, 54 and 42 kDa were found to be expressed from a corresponding nest of transcripts. The repressor proteins were produced in Escherichia coli and the 42 kDa protein was purified, verified by N-terminal sequencing, and used to raise antibody. The antibody cross-reacted in Western blots with the 74, 54 and 42 kDa proteins expressed in E. coli and Streptomyces lividans and from Streptomyces coelicolor phi C31 lysogens. Analysis of transcription of the c gene by S1 mapping and primer extension showed that the nest of transcripts encoding the repressor protein were induced after heat treatment of the cts locus (Sinclair and Bibb, 1989; this paper). Correspondingly, all three of the repressor proteins were induced. In addition to a promoter, cp1, which lies upstream of the 74 kDa open reading frame, the c locus contained at least one internal promoter, cp2, which transcribes DNA encoding the 54 and 42 kDa proteins. Transcripts initiating from cp3 were observed in RNA preparations from S. lividans containing the c gene deleted for cp1 and cp2, but gene fusions using DNA which should contain any putative promoting activity from this region transcriptionally fused to the xylE gene showed very low levels of expression of catechol 2,3 dioxygenase in S. lividans. The 74 kDa protein was not necessary for super-infection immunity. Data described here and current knowledge of the nature of other 'dual start' genes suggest a model for the regulation of lysis versus lysogeny in phi C31.
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- M C Smith
- Department of Biological and Molecular Science, University of Stirling, UK
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Garnier T, Canard B, Cole ST. Cloning, mapping, and molecular characterization of the rRNA operons of Clostridium perfringens. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:5431-8. [PMID: 1885522 PMCID: PMC208255 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.17.5431-5438.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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All 10 rRNA operons have been situated on the genome map of the anaerobic pathogen Clostridium perfringens. Four of these have been cloned and partially sequenced, and their transcriptional patterns in vivo and in vitro have been examined. Expression of rrnA, rrnB, and rrnE is directed by tandem promoters, P1 and P2, whereas rrnH is the only one to be expressed from a single promoter, which resembles P1. On inspection of the nucleotide sequences of the control regions, several sites which might be involved in the regulation of rrn expression were identified. These include a possible upstream activating region which could be recognized by the C. perfringens equivalent of the Escherichia coli Fis protein and a stringent response target site. Studies of maturation of 16S RNA identified two 5' cleavage sites and sequence analysis showed the dG+dC content of its gene, rrs, to be 52%, which is twice that of the genome.
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- T Garnier
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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van Wezel GP, Vijgenboom E, Bosch L. A comparative study of the ribosomal RNA operons of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and sequence analysis of rrnA. Nucleic Acids Res 1991; 19:4399-403. [PMID: 1715981 PMCID: PMC328626 DOI: 10.1093/nar/19.16.4399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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S. coelicolor A3(2) contains six ribosomal RNA operons. Here we describe the cloning of rrnA, rrnC and rrnE, thereby completing the cloning of all operons. Southern hybridisation of genomic DNA with a heterologous probe from the E.coli rrnB 16S rRNA gene showed differences in hybridisation among the six rRNA operon-containing bands. The nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene and the upstream region of rrnA was determined and compared with the corresponding sequence of rrnD, showing that the 16S rRNA genes are 99% identical. Substantial differences were found, however, in the upstream regions corresponding to the P1 and P2 promoters of rrnD. Southern analysis showed that some of the other rRNA operons of S.coelicolor A3(2) also differed in this part of the upstream region.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Cloning, Molecular
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Operon/genetics
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics
- Restriction Mapping
- Streptomyces/genetics
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- G P van Wezel
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
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Sedlmeier R, Linti G, Schmieger H. Isolation of ribosomal RNA operons ofStreptomyces lividansand sequence analysis of a 5S-rRNA gene. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1991. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04905.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Liesack W, Sela S, Bercovier H, Pitulle C, Stackebrandt E. Complete nucleotide sequence of the Mycobacterium leprae 23 S and 5 S rRNA genes plus flanking regions and their potential in designing diagnostic oligonucleotide probes. FEBS Lett 1991; 281:114-8. [PMID: 2015881 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80372-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The complete nucleotide sequences of the Mycobacterium leprae 23 S and 5 S rRNA genes and their flanking regions are presented. As compared to other eubacterial homologous molecules the 23 S rDNA exhibits two insertions. A 16 nucleotide long insertion is almost unique to members of the genus Mycobacterium, while the second represents an extended version of helix 54. The potential of both insertions to serve as target for diagnostic oligonucleotide probes was proven by comparative sequence analysis of 23 S rRNA of several Mycobacterium species and by dot blot hybridization. In addition, a 19-mer oligonucleotide probe is described, which can be considered genus Mycobacterium-specific.
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- W Liesack
- Department of Microbiology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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Neal RJ, Chater KF. Bidirectional promoter and terminator regions bracket mmr, a resistance gene embedded in the Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) gene cluster encoding methylenomycin production. Gene 1991; 100:75-83. [PMID: 2055482 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(91)90352-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Low- and high-resolution nuclease mapping of in vivo transcripts, and in vitro transcription reactions using purified RNA polymerase, were used to analyse transcription of and around the mmr gene, which specifies resistance of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) to methylenomycin (Mm) and is located in the middle of a cluster of Mm-production-encoding genes. Transcription of mmr is from a single major start point (tsp) which is separated by only 81 bp from a divergent tsp. A pattern of direct and inverted repeats in the nucleotide sequence in this region may play a part in regulation of these promoters. The 3' end of the mmr transcript overlaps by 20-30 bp the 3' end of an RNA molecule involved in Mm production. The converging transcripts both terminate at the same large inverted repeat in the DNA. Purified RNA polymerase terminated transcription at this sequence in vitro (albeit only in one orientation).
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- R J Neal
- John Innes Institute, John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, Norwich, U.K
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The stringent response was elicited in the antibiotic producer Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) either by amino acid depletion (nutritional shiftdown) or by the addition of serine hydroxamate; both led to increased levels of ppGpp and to a reduction in transcription from the four promoters of the rrnD rRNA gene set. Analysis of untreated batch cultures revealed elevated ppGpp levels at the end of exponential growth, preceding the onset of antibiotic production. The effect of provoking the stringent response on antibiotic production in exponentially growing cultures was assessed by S1 nuclease mapping of actIII, an early gene of the actinorhodin biosynthetic cluster. Expression of actIII occurred after nutritional shiftdown, but not after treatment with serine hydroxamate. Although the need for ppGpp in triggering antibiotic production remains equivocal, ppGpp synthesis alone does not appear to be sufficient to initiate secondary metabolism in S. coelicolor A3(2).
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- E Strauch
- John Innes Institute, John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, Norwich, UK
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Plohl M, Gamulin V. Sequence of the 5S rRNA gene and organization of ribosomal RNA operons inStreptomyces rimosus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1991. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04337.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Clayton TM, Bibb MJ. Induction of a phi C31 prophage inhibits rRNA transcription in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Mol Microbiol 1990; 4:2179-85. [PMID: 1708439 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb00579.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A lysogen of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) containing a thermoinducible mutant of the temperate phage phi C31 (phi C31 cts1) was used to obtain synchronous phage development. Filter hybridization experiments indicated a marked reduction in rRNA synthesis after prophage induction. S1 nuclease mapping showed that transcription from each of the four promoters of one rRNA gene set (rrnD) was reduced to approximately the same extent, and that inhibition required protein synthesis. Crude preparations of RNA polymerase from induced lysogens had enhanced transcribing activity for phi C31 DNA which was lost upon further purification. The purified preparations were unimpaired in their ability to transcribe from the rrnD promoters in vitro and apparently unchanged in polypeptide composition. The factor(s) responsible for stimulating phage transcription, and possibly for inhibiting rRNA synthesis, may have been separated from the enzyme during purification.
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- T M Clayton
- John Innes Institute, John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, Norwich, UK
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Babcock MJ, Kendrick KE. Transcriptional and translational features of a sporulation gene of Streptomyces griseus. Gene X 1990; 95:57-63. [PMID: 2123814 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90413-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The nucleotide (nt) sequence of a 2.8-kb fragment of DNA that restores sporulation to one class of bald mutants of Streptomyces griseus revealed an open reading frame (ORF) with the potential to encode a 55.5-kDa polypeptide. The presence of an in-frame TTA in the coding sequence indicated that translation is likely to require the tRNA(Leu)UUA encoded by the bldA gene. Two overlapping transcripts are initiated at transcriptional start points (tsp) separated by 258 nt and are transcribed in the same direction. The downstream tsp lies within the ORF and is followed by a second potential translation initiation site, which would encode a 49.5-kDa polypeptide in the same reading frame as the 55.5-kDa polypeptide. Transcription assays suggested that both tsp functioned during vegetative growth, but the relative abundance of the shorter transcript decreased during the early stages of submerged sporulation. Analysis of sequentially deleted subclones indicated that expression of the longer ORF was necessary to complement bald mutants. The presence of two tsp alternating with potential translation start codons suggests the temporally regulated synthesis of two polypeptides that have identical C termini but different N termini.
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- M J Babcock
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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Takamiya M, Salazar O, Vargas D, Jedlicki E, Orellana O. Identification and structural analysis of a ribosomal RNA gene promoter from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. FEBS Lett 1990; 272:50-4. [PMID: 2172018 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80446-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The 5'-terminus of a rRNA operon (rrnT2) from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans was characterized. The rRNA promoters from this microorganism were identified by means of a functional assay in Escherichia coli. DNA sequencing of the promoter region, upstream the 16 S rRNA gene, showed the presence of a consensus sequence for bacterial ribosomal promoters. Other features such as a 'discriminator' sequence, antiterminator elements and an upstream hexanucleotide common to several rRNA operons were also found. Two other putative transcription promoters were also identified.
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- M Takamiya
- Departamento de Bioquimica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago
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Plohl M, Gamulin V. Five transfer RNA genes lacking CCA termini are clustered in the chromosome of Streptomyces rimosus. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1990; 222:129-34. [PMID: 1700267 DOI: 10.1007/bf00283033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The nucleotide sequence of a 1105 bp Streptomyces rimosus DNA fragment containing five transfer RNA genes was determined. Two tRNA(Gln) (CUG) genes, differing by 1 bp in the aminoacyl stem, and three identical tRNA(Glu) (CUC) genes were identified. The five tRNA genes, arranged in the order: Gln1-Glu1-Glu2-Gln2-Glu3, were separated by short, nonhomologous intergenic regions. Surprisingly, none of these tRNA genes encoded the CCA 3' terminus of mature tRNAs. All five encoded tRNAs for the translation of GC rich codons, which are preferentially used in Streptomyces genes (CAG and GAG, respectively). We recently reported nucleotide sequences of two initiator tRNA genes from S. rimosus, which also do not encode the CCA end of mature tRNAs. It is therefore very likely that S. rimosus represents an example of those eubacteria in which the majority of tRNA genes do not encode the 3' terminal CCA end of mature tRNAs. Evolutionary implications of this finding remain to be elucidated.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- Cloning, Molecular
- Codon
- Genes, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Gln/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Glu/genetics
- Streptomyces/genetics
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- M Plohl
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruder Bosković Institute, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
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Janssen GR, Bibb MJ. Tandem promoters, tsrp1 and tsrp2, direct transcription of the thiostrepton resistance gene (tsr) of Streptomyces azureus: transcriptional initiation from tsrp2 occurs after deletion of the -35 region. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1990; 221:339-46. [PMID: 2381416 DOI: 10.1007/bf00259397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Nuclease S1 protection experiments indicated that the thiostrepton resistance gene (tsr) of Streptomyces azureus is transcribed from tandem promoters, tsrp1 and tsrp2, that initiate transcription 45 and 173 nucleotides, respectively, upstream of the presumptive translational start codon. The -10 regions of both promoters show similarity to the consensus sequence for the major class of prokaryotic promoters, but the -35 regions do not, although they show some similarity to each other. Replacement of sequences upstream of position -22 relative to the tsrp2 start site with two different DNA segments affected the levels of the tsrp2 transcript but did not alter the tsrp2 initiation site. In vitro transcription assays using RNA polymerase from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) also confirmed the location of tsrp2 and identified additional start sites near tsrp2 that were barely detectable with in vivo synthesised RNA. Transcripts corresponding to initiation in vitro at trsp1 could not be detected, suggesting that additional factors are required for utilisation of this promoter.
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- G R Janssen
- John Innes Institute, John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Pernodet JL, Boccard F, Alegre MT, Gagnat J, Guérineau M. Organization and nucleotide sequence analysis of a ribosomal RNA gene cluster from Streptomyces ambofaciens. Gene 1989; 79:33-46. [PMID: 2777089 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90090-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The Streptomyces ambofaciens genome contains four rRNA gene clusters. These copies are called rrnA, B, C and D. The complete nucleotide (nt) sequence of rrnD has been determined. These genes possess striking similarity with other eubacterial rRNA genes. Comparison with other rRNA sequences allowed the putative localization of the sequences encoding mature rRNAs. The structural genes are arranged in the order 16S-23S-5S and are tightly linked. The mature rRNAs are predicted to contain 1528, 3120 and 120 nt, for the 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs, respectively. The 23S rRNA is, to our knowledge, the longest of all sequenced prokaryotic 23S rRNAs. When compared to other large rRNAs it shows insertions at positions where they are also present in archaebacterial and in eukaryotic large rRNAs. Secondary structure models of S. ambofaciens rRNAs are proposed, based upon those existing for other bacterial rRNAs. Positions of putative transcription start points and of a termination signal are suggested. The corresponding putative primary transcript, containing the 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs plus flanking regions, was folded into a secondary structure, and sequences possibly involved in rRNA maturation are described. The G + C content of the rRNA gene cluster is low (57%) compared with the overall G + C content of Streptomyces DNA (73%).
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- J L Pernodet
- Laboratoire de Biologie, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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