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Cruz-Bautista R, Zelarayan-Agüero A, Ruiz-Villafán B, Escalante-Lozada A, Rodríguez-Sanoja R, Sánchez S. An overview of the two-component system GarR/GarS role on antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 108:306. [PMID: 38656376 PMCID: PMC11043171 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-024-13136-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 03/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
Abstract
The Streptomyces genus comprises Gram-positive bacteria known to produce over two-thirds of the antibiotics used in medical practice. The biosynthesis of these secondary metabolites is highly regulated and influenced by a range of nutrients present in the growth medium. In Streptomyces coelicolor, glucose inhibits the production of actinorhodin (ACT) and undecylprodigiosin (RED) by a process known as carbon catabolite repression (CCR). However, the mechanism mediated by this carbon source still needs to be understood. It has been observed that glucose alters the transcriptomic profile of this actinobacteria, modifying different transcriptional regulators, including some of the one- and two-component systems (TCSs). Under glucose repression, the expression of one of these TCSs SCO6162/SCO6163 was negatively affected. We aimed to study the role of this TCS on secondary metabolite formation to define its influence in this general regulatory process and likely establish its relationship with other transcriptional regulators affecting antibiotic biosynthesis in the Streptomyces genus. In this work, in silico predictions suggested that this TCS can regulate the production of the secondary metabolites ACT and RED by transcriptional regulation and protein-protein interactions of the transcriptional factors (TFs) with other TCSs. These predictions were supported by experimental procedures such as deletion and complementation of the TFs and qPCR experiments. Our results suggest that in the presence of glucose, the TCS SCO6162/SCO6163, named GarR/GarS, is an important negative regulator of the ACT and RED production in S. coelicolor. KEY POINTS: • GarR/GarS is a TCS with domains for signal transduction and response regulation • GarR/GarS is an essential negative regulator of the ACT and RED production • GarR/GarS putatively interacts with and regulates activators of ACT and RED.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rodrigo Cruz-Bautista
- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ave. Universidad 2001, 62210, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Pei X, Lei Y, Zhang H. Transcriptional regulators of secondary metabolite biosynthesis in Streptomyces. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 40:156. [PMID: 38587708 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-024-03968-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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In the post-genome era, great progress has been made in metabolic engineering using recombinant DNA technology to enhance the production of high-value products by Streptomyces. With the development of microbial genome sequencing techniques and bioinformatic tools, a growing number of secondary metabolite (SM) biosynthetic gene clusters in Streptomyces and their biosynthetic logics have been uncovered and elucidated. In order to increase our knowledge about transcriptional regulators in SM of Streptomyces, this review firstly makes a comprehensive summary of the characterized factors involved in enhancing SM production and awakening SM biosynthesis. Future perspectives on transcriptional regulator engineering for new SM biosynthesis by Streptomyces are also provided.
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- Xinwei Pei
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China.
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Mao Y, Zhang X, Zhou T, Hou B, Ye J, Wu H, Wang R, Zhang H. Three new LmbU targets outside lmb cluster inhibit lincomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces lincolnensis. Microb Cell Fact 2024; 23:3. [PMID: 38172890 PMCID: PMC10763038 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-023-02284-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Antibiotics biosynthesis is usually regulated by the cluster-situated regulatory gene(s) (CSRG(s)), which directly regulate the genes within the corresponding biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC). Previously, we have demonstrated that LmbU functions as a cluster-situated regulator (CSR) of lincomycin. And it has been found that LmbU regulates twenty non-lmb genes through comparative transcriptomic analysis. However, the regulatory mode of CSRs' targets outside the BGC remains unknown. RESULTS We screened the targets of LmbU in the whole genome of Streptomyces lincolnensis and found fourteen candidate targets, among which, eight targets can bind to LmbU by electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA). Reporter assays in vivo revealed that LmbU repressed the transcription of SLINC_0469 and SLINC_1037 while activating the transcription of SLINC_8097. In addition, disruptions of SLINC_0469, SLINC_1037, and SLINC_8097 promoted the production of lincomycin, and qRT-PCR showed that SLINC_0469, SLINC_1037, and SLINC_8097 inhibited transcription of the lmb genes, indicating that all the three regulators can negatively regulate lincomycin biosynthesis. CONCLUSIONS LmbU can directly regulate genes outside the lmb cluster, and these genes can affect both lincomycin biosynthesis and the transcription of lmb genes. Our results first erected the cascade regulatory circuit of LmbU and regulators outside lmb cluster, which provides the theoretical basis for the functional research of LmbU family proteins.
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- Yue Mao
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Wang R, Zhao J, Chen L, Ye J, Wu H, Zhang H. LcbR1, a newly identified GntR family regulator, represses lincomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces lincolnensis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 107:7501-7514. [PMID: 37768348 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12756-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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The Actinomycetes Streptomyces lincolnensis is the producer of lincosamide-type antibiotic lincomycin, a widely utilized drug against Gram-positive bacteria and protozoans. In this work, through gene knockout, complementation, and overexpression experiments, we identified LcbR1 (SLINC_1595), a GntR family transcriptional regulator, as a repressor for lincomycin biosynthesis. Deletion of lcbR1 boosted lincomycin production by 3.8-fold, without obvious change in morphological development or cellular growth. The homologues of LcbR1 are widely distributed in Streptomyces. Heterologous expression of SCO1410 from Streptomyces coelicolor resulted in the reduction of lincomycin yield, implying that the function of LcbR1 is conserved across different species. Alignment among sequences upstream of lcbR1 and their homologues revealed a conserved 16-bp palindrome (-TTGAACGATCCTTCAA-), which was further proven to be the recognition motif of LcbR1 by electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs). Via this motif, LcbR1 suppressed the transcription of lcbR1 and SLINC_1596 sharing the same bi-directional promoter. SLINC_1596, one important target of LcbR1, exerted a positive effect on lincomycin production. As detected by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analyses, the expressions of all selected structural (lmbA, lmbC, lmbJ, lmbV, and lmbW), resistance (lmrA and lmrB) and regulatory genes (lmrC and lmbU) from lincomycin biosynthesis cluster were upregulated in deletion strain ΔlcbR1 at 48 h of fermentation, while the mRNA amounts of bldD, glnR, ramR, SLCG_Lrp, and SLCG_2919, previously characterized as the regulators on lincomycin production, were decreased in strain ΔlcbR1, although the regulatory effects of LcbR1 on the above differential expression genes seemed to be indirect. Besides, indicated by EMSAs, the expression of lcbR1 might be regulated by GlnR, SLCG_Lrp, and SLCG_2919, which shows the complexity of the regulatory network on lincomycin biosynthesis. KEY POINTS: • LcbR1 is a novel and conservative GntR family regulator regulating lincomycin production. • LcbR1 modulates the expressions of lcbR1 and SLINC_1596 through a palindromic motif. • GlnR, SLCG_Lrp, and SLCG_2919 can control the expression of lcbR1.
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- Ruida Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Patil RS, Sharma S, Bhaskarwar AV, Nambiar S, Bhat NA, Koppolu MK, Bhukya H. TetR and OmpR family regulators in natural product biosynthesis and resistance. Proteins 2023. [PMID: 37874037 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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This article provides a comprehensive review and sequence-structure analysis of transcription regulator (TR) families, TetR and OmpR/PhoB, involved in specialized secondary metabolite (SSM) biosynthesis and resistance. Transcription regulation is a fundamental process, playing a crucial role in orchestrating gene expression to confer a survival advantage in response to frequent environmental stress conditions. This process, coupled with signal sensing, enables bacteria to respond to a diverse range of intra and extracellular signals. Thus, major bacterial signaling systems use a receptor domain to sense chemical stimuli along with an output domain responsible for transcription regulation through DNA-binding. Sensory and output domains on a single polypeptide chain (one component system, OCS) allow response to stimuli by allostery, that is, DNA-binding affinity modulation upon signal presence/absence. On the other hand, two component systems (TCSs) allow cross-talk between the sensory and output domains as they are disjoint and transmit information by phosphorelay to mount a response. In both cases, however, TRs play a central role. Biosynthesis of SSMs, which includes antibiotics, is heavily regulated by TRs as it diverts the cell's resources towards the production of these expendable compounds, which also have clinical applications. These TRs have evolved to relay information across specific signals and target genes, thus providing a rich source of unique mechanisms to explore towards addressing the rapid escalation in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Here, we focus on the TetR and OmpR family TRs, which belong to OCS and TCS, respectively. These TR families are well-known examples of regulators in secondary metabolism and are ubiquitous across different bacteria, as they also participate in a myriad of cellular processes apart from SSM biosynthesis and resistance. As a result, these families exhibit higher sequence divergence, which is also evident from our bioinformatic analysis of 158 389 and 77 437 sequences from TetR and OmpR family TRs, respectively. The analysis of both sequence and structure allowed us to identify novel motifs in addition to the known motifs responsible for TR function and its structural integrity. Understanding the diverse mechanisms employed by these TRs is essential for unraveling the biosynthesis of SSMs. This can also help exploit their regulatory role in biosynthesis for significant pharmaceutical, agricultural, and industrial applications.
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- Rachit S Patil
- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, India
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Wang R, Zhao J, Chen L, Ye J, Wu H, Zhang H. LcbR1, a newly identified GntR family regulator, represses lincomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces lincolnensis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023. [DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s00253-023-12756-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
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