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Hoskisson PA, Barona-Gómez F, Rozen DE. Phenotypic heterogeneity in Streptomyces colonies. Curr Opin Microbiol 2024; 78:102448. [PMID: 38447313 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2024.102448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
Abstract
Streptomyces are a large genus of multicellular bacteria best known for their prolific production of bioactive natural products. In addition, they play key roles in the mineralisation of insoluble resources, such as chitin and cellulose. Because of their multicellular mode of growth, colonies of interconnected hyphae extend over a large area that may experience different conditions in different parts of the colony. Here, we argue that within-colony phenotypic heterogeneity can allow colonies to simultaneously respond to divergent inputs from resources or competitors that are spatially and temporally dynamic. We discuss causal drivers of heterogeneity, including competitors, precursor availability, metabolic diversity and division of labour, that facilitate divergent phenotypes within Streptomyces colonies. We discuss the adaptive causes and consequences of within-colony heterogeneity, highlight current knowledge (gaps) and outline key questions for future studies.
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- Paul A Hoskisson
- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Stulanovic N, Kerdel Y, Rezende L, Deflandre B, Burguet P, Belde L, Denoel R, Tellatin D, Rigolet A, Hanikenne M, Quinton L, Ongena M, Rigali S. Nitrogen sources enhance siderophore-mediated competition for iron between potato common scab and late blight causative agents. Metallomics 2024; 16:mfae004. [PMID: 38244228 DOI: 10.1093/mtomcs/mfae004] [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: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
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How do pathogens affecting the same host interact with each other? We evaluated here the types of microbe-microbe interactions taking place between Streptomyces scabiei and Phytophthora infestans, the causative agents of common scab and late blight diseases in potato crops, respectively. Under most laboratory culture conditions tested, S. scabiei impaired or completely inhibited the growth of P. infestans by producing either soluble and/or volatile compounds. Increasing peptone levels correlated with increased inhibition of P. infestans. Comparative metabolomics showed that production of S. scabiei siderophores (desferrioxamines, pyochelin, scabichelin, and turgichelin) increased with the quantity of peptone, thereby suggesting that they participate in the inhibition of the oomycete growth. Mass spectrometry imaging further uncovered that the zones of secreted siderophores and of P. infestans growth inhibition coincided. Moreover, either the repression of siderophore production or the neutralization of their iron-chelating activity led to a resumption of P. infestans growth. Replacement of peptone by natural nitrogen sources such as ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, and urea also triggered siderophore production in S. scabiei. Interestingly, nitrogen source-induced siderophore production also inhibited the growth of Alternaria solani, the causative agent of the potato early blight. Overall, our work further emphasizes the importance of competition for iron between microorganisms that colonize the same niche. As common scab never alters the vegetative propagation of tubers, we propose that S. scabiei, under certain conditions, could play a protective role for its hosts against much more destructive pathogens through exploitative iron competition and volatile compound production.
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- Nudzejma Stulanovic
- InBioS-Center for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- InBioS-Center for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Hedera-22, Boulevard du Rectorat 27b, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- InBioS-Center for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Molecular Systems (MolSys), Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- InBioS-Center for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- InBioS-Center for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- InBioS-Center for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Microbial Processes and Interactions, TERRA Teaching and Research Center, BioEcoAgro, Joint Research Unit/UMR transfrontalière 1158, University of Liège-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Gembloux, Belgium
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- InBioS-PhytoSystems, Translational Plant Biology, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Molecular Systems (MolSys), Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Microbial Processes and Interactions, TERRA Teaching and Research Center, BioEcoAgro, Joint Research Unit/UMR transfrontalière 1158, University of Liège-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Gembloux, Belgium
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- InBioS-Center for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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Augustijn HE, Roseboom AM, Medema MH, van Wezel GP. Harnessing regulatory networks in Actinobacteria for natural product discovery. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 51:kuae011. [PMID: 38569653 PMCID: PMC10996143 DOI: 10.1093/jimb/kuae011] [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: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
Abstract
Microbes typically live in complex habitats where they need to rapidly adapt to continuously changing growth conditions. To do so, they produce an astonishing array of natural products with diverse structures and functions. Actinobacteria stand out for their prolific production of bioactive molecules, including antibiotics, anticancer agents, antifungals, and immunosuppressants. Attention has been directed especially towards the identification of the compounds they produce and the mining of the large diversity of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in their genomes. However, the current return on investment in random screening for bioactive compounds is low, while it is hard to predict which of the millions of BGCs should be prioritized. Moreover, many of the BGCs for yet undiscovered natural products are silent or cryptic under laboratory growth conditions. To identify ways to prioritize and activate these BGCs, knowledge regarding the way their expression is controlled is crucial. Intricate regulatory networks control global gene expression in Actinobacteria, governed by a staggering number of up to 1000 transcription factors per strain. This review highlights recent advances in experimental and computational methods for characterizing and predicting transcription factor binding sites and their applications to guide natural product discovery. We propose that regulation-guided genome mining approaches will open new avenues toward eliciting the expression of BGCs, as well as prioritizing subsets of BGCs for expression using synthetic biology approaches. ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY This review provides insights into advances in experimental and computational methods aimed at predicting transcription factor binding sites and their applications to guide natural product discovery.
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- Hannah E Augustijn
- Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Haq IU, Mukhtar Z, Anwar-Ul-Haq M, Liaqat S. Deciphering host-pathogen interaction during Streptomyces spp. infestation of potato. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:222. [PMID: 37149838 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03560-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 04/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Potato crop, currently, is the staple food crop of about 1.3 billion global population. Potato is attaining even more admiration globally day by day owing to its public acceptability. However, potato sustainable production is distinctly challenged by multiple factors like diseases, pests and climate change etc. Among diseases, common scab is one of the prime threats to potato crop due to its soil-borne nature and versatility in phytotoxins' secretion. Common scab is caused multiple number of phytopathogenic streptomyces strains. Despite extensive research programs, researchers are still unable to identify a significant solution to this threat that is proliferating exceptional rate across the globe. To develop feasible remedies, adequate information regarding host-pathogen interaction should be available. This review possesses insights on existing pathogenic species, the evolution of novel pathogenic streptomyces spp. and phytotoxins produced by the pathogenic strains. Furthermore, which type of physiological, biochemical and genetic activities occur during pathogen's infestation of the host are also canvassed.
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- Ihtisham Ul Haq
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan.
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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Lei Y, Asamizu S, Ishizuka T, Onaka H. Regulation of Multidrug Efflux Pumps by TetR Family Transcriptional Repressor Negatively Affects Secondary Metabolism in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0182222. [PMID: 36790176 PMCID: PMC10056966 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01822-22] [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: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Streptomyces spp. are well-known producers of bioactive secondary metabolites (SMs) that serve as pharmaceutical agents. In addition to their ability to produce SMs, Streptomyces spp. have evolved diverse membrane transport systems to protect cells against antibiotics produced by itself or other microorganisms. We previously screened mutants of Streptomyces coelicolor that show a phenotype of reduced undecylprodigiosin (RED) production in a combined-culture with Tsukamurella pulmonis. Here, we identified a point mutation, which reduced RED production, by performing genome resequencing and genetic complementation. We found that inactivation of the sco1718 gene encoding the TetR family transcriptional regulator (TFR) produced a deficient phenotype for several SMs in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). In the genome of S. coelicolor A3(2), two other sets of TFR and two-component ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter genes (sco4358-4360 and sco5384-5382) were found which had similar effects on the phenotype for both secondary metabolism and antibiotic resistance. An electrophoretic mobility shift assay and quantitative reverse transcription-PCR experiments demonstrated that TFRs repressed the expression of each adjacent two-component ABC transporter genes by binding to the operator sequence. Notably, the Δsco1718 mutant showed increased resistance to several antibiotics of other actinomycete origin. Our results imply the switching of cell metabolism to direct offense (antibiotic production) or defense (efflux pump activation) using costly and limited quantities of cell energy sources (e.g., ATP) in the soil ecosystem. IMPORTANCE The bacterial metabolic potential to synthesize diverse secondary metabolites in the environment has been revealed by recent (meta)genomics of both unculturable and culturable bacteria. These studies imply that bacteria are continuously exposed to harmful chemical compounds in the environment. Streptomyces spp. contain antibiotic efflux pumps and SM biosynthetic gene clusters. However, the mechanism by which soil bacteria, including Streptomyces, survive against toxic compounds in the environment remains unclear. Here, we identified three sets of TFR-ABC transporter genes in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). We found that each TFR controlled the expression of respective ABC transporter, and the expression of all ABC transporters negatively impacted SM production and increased antibiotic resistance. Notably, bioinformatic analysis indicated that these TFR-ABC transporter gene sets are highly conserved and widely distributed in the genome of Streptomyces species, indicating the importance of systematic regulation that directs antibiotic production and xenobiotic excretion.
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- Yukun Lei
- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology (CRIIM), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology (CRIIM), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Laila A, Setiawan F, Widyastuti W, Fadhilah MR, Setiawan A, Juliasih NLGR, Setiawan WA, Apriliana E, Ahmadi P, Arai M, Hendri J. Exploration and Biorefinery Antimicrobial Agent through Solid State Fermentation from Indonesia’s Marine Actinomycetes. FERMENTATION-BASEL 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation9040334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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This study aimed to obtain novel bioactive compounds derived from actinomycetes associated with marine biota from the coast of Indonesia. Actinomycetes have been identified as a potential source of bioactive compounds through enzymatic fermentation. In order to obtain bioactive compounds from the results of the biorefinery process, cultivation was performed by solid state fermentation (SSF) on shrimp shell waste medium. The inhibitory activity against pathogenic microorganisms was measured based on the optical density of samples from Gorontalo and Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia. Six isolates had a clear zone as an indicator of the chitinase activity of chitinase enzymes. The SSF extract, obtained after 14 days of incubation, was assayed for its antimicrobial activity by the 96-well plate microtiter method. Among the six isolates, isolate 19B19A1 had antibacterial and antifungal activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Malassezia globosa, respectively. DNA analysis indicated that the 19B19A1 isolate was Streptomyces tritolerans 19B19A1 and that its extract contained an alkaloid component that played a role in antimicrobial activity. These results indicate that shrimp shells can be used as a nutrient-rich alternative culture medium for actinomycetes. This study is expected to become a source of information related to biorefinery, especially in the exploration of bioactive compounds produced by actinomycetes.
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Sun J, Li S, Fan C, Cui K, Tan H, Qiao L, Lu L. N-Acetylglucosamine Promotes Tomato Plant Growth by Shaping the Community Structure and Metabolism of the Rhizosphere Microbiome. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0035822. [PMID: 35665438 PMCID: PMC9241905 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00358-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Communication between plants and microorganisms is vital because it influences their growth, development, defense, propagation, and metabolism in achieving maximal fitness. N-acetylglucosamine (N-GlcNAc), the building block of bacterial and fungal cell walls, was first reported to promote tomato plant growth via stimulation of microorganisms typically known to dominate the tomato root rhizosphere, such as members of Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria. Using KEGG pathway analysis of the rhizosphere microbial operational taxonomic units, the streptomycin biosynthesis pathway was enriched in the presence of N-GlcNAc. The biosynthesis of 3-hydroxy-2-butanone (acetoin) and 2,3-butanediol, two foremost types of plant growth promotion-related volatile organic compounds, were activated in both Bacillus subtilis and Streptomyces thermocarboxydus strains when they were cocultured with N-GlcNAc. In addition, the application of N-GlcNAc increased indole-3-acetic acid production in a dose-dependent manner in strains of Bacillus cereus, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas putida, and S. thermocarboxydus that were isolated from an N-GlcNAc-treated tomato rhizosphere. Overall, this study found that N-GlcNAc could function as microbial signaling molecules to shape the community structure and metabolism of the rhizosphere microbiome, thereby regulating plant growth and development and preventing plant disease through complementary plant-microbe interactions. IMPORTANCE While the benefits of using plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) to enhance crop production have been recognized and studied extensively under laboratory conditions, the success of their application in the field varies immensely. More fundamentally explicit processes of positive, plant-PGPRs interactions are needed. The utilization of organic amendments, such as chitin and its derivatives, is one of the most economical and practical options for improving soil and substrate quality as well as plant growth and resilience. In this study, we observed that the chitin monomer N-GlcNAc, a key microbial signaling molecule produced through interactions between chitin, soil microbes, and the plants, positively shaped the community structure and metabolism of the rhizosphere microbiome of tomatoes. Our findings also provide a new direction for enhancing the benefits and stability of PGPRs in the field.
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- Jiuyun Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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Soares EV. Perspective on the biotechnological production of bacterial siderophores and their use. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2022. [PMID: 35672469 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-11995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
Iron (Fe) is an essential element in several fundamental cellular processes. Although present in high amounts in the Earth's crust, Fe can be a scarce element due to its low bioavailability. To mitigate Fe limitation, microorganism (bacteria and fungi) and grass plant biosynthesis and secret secondary metabolites, called siderophores, with capacity to chelate Fe(III) with high affinity and selectivity. This review focuses on the current state of knowledge concerning the production of siderophores by bacteria. The main siderophore types and corresponding siderophore-producing bacteria are summarized. A concise outline of siderophore biosynthesis, secretion and regulation is given. Important aspects to be taken into account in the selection of a siderophore-producing bacterium, such as biological safety, complexing properties of the siderophores and amount of siderophores produced are summarized and discussed. An overview containing recent scientific advances on culture medium formulation and cultural conditions that influence the production of siderophores by bacteria is critically presented. The recovery, purification and processing of siderophores are outlined. Potential applications of siderophores in different sectors including agriculture, environment, biosensors and the medical field are sketched. Finally, future trends regarding the production and use of siderophores are discussed. KEY POINTS : • An overview of siderophore production by bacteria is critically presented • Scientific advances on factors that influence siderophores production are discussed • Potential applications of siderophores, in different fields, are outlined.
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- Eduardo V Soares
- Bioengineering Laboratory, ISEP-School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, rua Dr António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015, Porto, Portugal.
- CEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
- LABBELS - Associate Laboratory, Braga-Guimaraes, Portugal.
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Soares EV. Perspective on the biotechnological production of bacterial siderophores and their use. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 106:3985-4004. [PMID: 35672469 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-11995-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Iron (Fe) is an essential element in several fundamental cellular processes. Although present in high amounts in the Earth's crust, Fe can be a scarce element due to its low bioavailability. To mitigate Fe limitation, microorganism (bacteria and fungi) and grass plant biosynthesis and secret secondary metabolites, called siderophores, with capacity to chelate Fe(III) with high affinity and selectivity. This review focuses on the current state of knowledge concerning the production of siderophores by bacteria. The main siderophore types and corresponding siderophore-producing bacteria are summarized. A concise outline of siderophore biosynthesis, secretion and regulation is given. Important aspects to be taken into account in the selection of a siderophore-producing bacterium, such as biological safety, complexing properties of the siderophores and amount of siderophores produced are summarized and discussed. An overview containing recent scientific advances on culture medium formulation and cultural conditions that influence the production of siderophores by bacteria is critically presented. The recovery, purification and processing of siderophores are outlined. Potential applications of siderophores in different sectors including agriculture, environment, biosensors and the medical field are sketched. Finally, future trends regarding the production and use of siderophores are discussed. KEY POINTS : • An overview of siderophore production by bacteria is critically presented • Scientific advances on factors that influence siderophores production are discussed • Potential applications of siderophores, in different fields, are outlined.
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- Eduardo V Soares
- Bioengineering Laboratory, ISEP-School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, rua Dr António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015, Porto, Portugal. .,CEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal. .,LABBELS - Associate Laboratory, Braga-Guimaraes, Portugal.
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Martinet L, Baiwir D, Mazzucchelli G, Rigali S. Structure of New Ferroverdins Recruiting Unconventional Ferrous Iron Chelating Agents. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12060752. [PMID: 35740878 PMCID: PMC9221444 DOI: 10.3390/biom12060752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ferroverdins are ferrous iron (Fe2+)-nitrosophenolato complexes produced by a few Streptomyces species as a response to iron overload. Previously, three ferroverdins were identified: ferroverdin A, in which three molecules of p-vinylphenyl-3-nitroso-4-hydroxybenzoate (p-vinylphenyl-3,4-NHBA) are recruited to bind Fe2+, and Ferroverdin B and Ferroverdin C, in which one molecule of p-vinylphenyl-3,4-NHBA is substituted by hydroxy-p-vinylphenyl-3,4-NHBA, and by carboxy-p-vinylphenyl-3,4-NHBA, respectively. These molecules, especially ferroverdin B, are potent inhibitors of the human cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) and therefore candidate hits for the development of drugs that increase the serum concentration of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, thereby diminishing the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. In this work, we used high-resolution mass spectrometry combined with tandem mass spectrometry to identify 43 novel ferroverdins from the cytosol of two Streptomyces lunaelactis species. For 13 of them (designated ferroverdins C2, C3, D, D2, D3, E, F, G, H, CD, DE, DF, and DG), we could elucidate their structure, and for the other 17 new ferroverdins, ambiguity remains for one of the three ligands. p-formylphenyl-3,4-NHBA, p-benzoic acid-3,4-NHBA, 3,4-NHBA, p-phenylpropionate-3,4-NHBA, and p-phenyacetate-3,4-NHBA were identified as new alternative chelators for Fe2+-binding, and two compounds (C3 and D3) are the first reported ferroverdins that do not recruit p-vinylphenyl-3,4-NHBA. Our work thus uncovered putative novel CETP inhibitors or ferroverdins with novel bioactivities.
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- Loïc Martinet
- InBioS, Center for Protein Engineering, University of Liege, B-4000 Liege, Belgium
- Hedera-22, Boulevard du Rectorat 27b, B-4000 Liege, Belgium;
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- GIGA Proteomics Facility, University of Liege, B-4000 Liege, Belgium;
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- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, MolSys Research Unit, University of Liege, B-4000 Liege, Belgium;
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- InBioS, Center for Protein Engineering, University of Liege, B-4000 Liege, Belgium
- Hedera-22, Boulevard du Rectorat 27b, B-4000 Liege, Belgium;
- Correspondence:
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Rajput A, Tsunemoto H, Sastry AV, Szubin R, Rychel K, Sugie J, Pogliano J, Palsson BO. Machine learning from Pseudomonas aeruginosa transcriptomes identifies independently modulated sets of genes associated with known transcriptional regulators. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:3658-3672. [PMID: 35357493 PMCID: PMC9023270 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The transcriptional regulatory network (TRN) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa coordinates cellular processes in response to stimuli. We used 364 transcriptomes (281 publicly available + 83 in-house generated) to reconstruct the TRN of P. aeruginosa using independent component analysis. We identified 104 independently modulated sets of genes (iModulons) among which 81 reflect the effects of known transcriptional regulators. We identified iModulons that (i) play an important role in defining the genomic boundaries of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), (ii) show increased expression of the BGCs and associated secretion systems in nutrient conditions that are important in cystic fibrosis, (iii) show the presence of a novel ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP) BGC which might have a role in P. aeruginosa virulence, (iv) exhibit interplay of amino acid metabolism regulation and central metabolism across different carbon sources and (v) clustered according to their activity changes to define iron and sulfur stimulons. Finally, we compared the identified iModulons of P. aeruginosa with those previously described in Escherichia coli to observe conserved regulons across two Gram-negative species. This comprehensive TRN framework encompasses the majority of the transcriptional regulatory machinery in P. aeruginosa, and thus should prove foundational for future research into its physiological functions.
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- Akanksha Rajput
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, Building 220, 2800 Kongens, Lyngby, Denmark
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Deflandre B, Stulanovic N, Planckaert S, Anderssen S, Bonometti B, Karim L, Coppieters W, Devreese B, Rigali S. The virulome of Streptomyces scabiei in response to cello-oligosaccharide elicitors. Microb Genom 2022; 8. [PMID: 35040428 PMCID: PMC8914351 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The development of spots or lesions symptomatic of common scab on root and tuber crops is caused by few pathogenic Streptomyces with Streptomyces scabiei 87–22 as the model species. Thaxtomin phytotoxins are the primary virulence determinants, mainly acting by impairing cellulose synthesis, and their production in S. scabiei is in turn boosted by cello-oligosaccharides released from host plants. In this work we aimed to determine which molecules and which biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) of the specialized metabolism of S. scabiei 87–22 show a production and/or a transcriptional response to cello-oligosaccharides. Comparative metabolomic analyses revealed that molecules of the virulome of S. scabiei induced by cellobiose and cellotriose include (i) thaxtomin and concanamycin phytotoxins, (ii) desferrioxamines, scabichelin and turgichelin siderophores in order to acquire iron essential for housekeeping functions, (iii) ectoine for protection against osmotic shock once inside the host, and (iv) bottromycin and concanamycin antimicrobials possibly to prevent other microorganisms from colonizing the same niche. Importantly, both cello-oligosaccharides reduced the production of the spore germination inhibitors germicidins thereby giving the ‘green light’ to escape dormancy and trigger the onset of the pathogenic lifestyle. For most metabolites - either with induced or reduced production - cellotriose was revealed to be a slightly stronger elicitor compared to cellobiose, supporting an earlier hypothesis which suggested the trisaccharide was the real trigger for virulence released from the plant cell wall through the action of thaxtomins. Interestingly, except for thaxtomins, none of these BGCs’ expression seems to be under direct control of the cellulose utilization repressor CebR suggesting the existence of a yet unknown mechanism for switching on the virulome. Finally, a transcriptomic analysis revealed nine additional cryptic BGCs that have their expression awakened by cello-oligosaccharides, suggesting that other and yet to be discovered metabolites could be part of the virulome of S. scabiei.
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- Benoit Deflandre
- InBioS-Centre for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie B6a, University of Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- InBioS-Centre for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie B6a, University of Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- InBioS-Centre for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie B6a, University of Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- InBioS-Centre for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie B6a, University of Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Genomics Platform, GIGA, University of Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Genomics Platform, GIGA, University of Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- InBioS-Centre for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie B6a, University of Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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Genetic Network Architecture and Environmental Cues Drive Spatial Organization of Phenotypic Division of Labor in Streptomyces coelicolor. mBio 2021; 12:mBio.00794-21. [PMID: 34006658 PMCID: PMC8262882 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00794-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A number of bacteria are known to differentiate into cells with distinct phenotypic traits during processes such as biofilm formation or the development of reproductive structures. These cell types, by virtue of their specialized functions, embody a division of labor. However, how bacteria build spatial patterns of differentiated cells is not well understood. Here, we examine the factors that drive spatial patterns in divisions of labor in colonies of Streptomyces coelicolor, a multicellular bacterium capable of synthesizing an array of antibiotics and forming complex reproductive structures (e.g., aerial hyphae and spores). Using fluorescent reporters, we demonstrate that the pathways for antibiotic biosynthesis and aerial hypha formation are activated in distinct waves of gene expression that radiate outwards in S. coelicolor colonies. We also show that the spatiotemporal separation of these cell types depends on a key activator in the developmental pathway, AdpA. Importantly, when we manipulated local gradients by growing competing microbes nearby, or through physical disruption, expression in these pathways could be decoupled and/or disordered, respectively. Finally, the normal spatial organization of these cell types was partially restored with the addition of a siderophore, a public good made by these organisms, to the growth medium. Together, these results indicate that spatial divisions of labor in S. coelicolor colonies are determined by a combination of physiological gradients and regulatory network architecture, key factors that also drive patterns of cellular differentiation in multicellular eukaryotic organisms.
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On the Risks of Phylogeny-Based Strain Prioritization for Drug Discovery: Streptomyces lunaelactis as a Case Study. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10071027. [PMID: 32664387 PMCID: PMC7408125 DOI: 10.3390/biom10071027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Strain prioritization for drug discovery aims at excluding redundant strains of a collection in order to limit the repetitive identification of the same molecules. In this work, we wanted to estimate what can be unexploited in terms of the amount, diversity, and novelty of compounds if the search is focused on only one single representative strain of a species, taking Streptomyces lunaelactis as a model. For this purpose, we selected 18 S. lunaelactis strains taxonomically clustered with the archetype strain S. lunaelactis MM109T. Genome mining of all S. lunaelactis isolated from the same cave revealed that 54% of the 42 biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) are strain specific, and five BGCs are not present in the reference strain MM109T. In addition, even when a BGC is conserved in all strains such as the bag/fev cluster involved in bagremycin and ferroverdin production, the compounds produced highly differ between the strains and previously unreported compounds are not produced by the archetype MM109T. Moreover, metabolomic pattern analysis uncovered important profile heterogeneity, confirming that identical BGC predisposition between two strains does not automatically imply chemical uniformity. In conclusion, trying to avoid strain redundancy based on phylogeny and genome mining information alone can compromise the discovery of new natural products and might prevent the exploitation of the best naturally engineered producers of specific molecules.
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van Bergeijk DA, Terlouw BR, Medema MH, van Wezel GP. Ecology and genomics of Actinobacteria: new concepts for natural product discovery. Nat Rev Microbiol 2020; 18:546-558. [DOI: 10.1038/s41579-020-0379-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Chen H, Cui J, Wang P, Wang X, Wen J. Enhancement of bleomycin production in Streptomyces verticillus through global metabolic regulation of N-acetylglucosamine and assisted metabolic profiling analysis. Microb Cell Fact 2020; 19:32. [PMID: 32054531 PMCID: PMC7017467 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-020-01301-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bleomycin is a broad-spectrum glycopeptide antitumor antibiotic produced by Streptomyces verticillus. Clinically, the mixture of bleomycin A2 and bleomycin B2 is widely used in combination with other drugs for the treatment of various cancers. As a secondary metabolite, the biosynthesis of bleomycin is precisely controlled by the complex extra-/intracellular regulation mechanisms, it is imperative to investigate the global metabolic and regulatory system involved in bleomycin biosynthesis for increasing bleomycin production. RESULTS N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), the vital signaling molecule controlling the onset of development and antibiotic synthesis in Streptomyces, was found to increase the yields of bleomycins significantly in chemically defined medium. To mine the gene information relevant to GlcNAc metabolism, the DNA sequences of dasR-dasA-dasBCD-nagB and nagKA in S. verticillus were determined by chromosome walking. From the results of Real time fluorescence quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs), the repression of the expression of nagB and nagKA by the global regulator DasR was released under induction with GlcNAc. The relief of blmT expression repression by BlmR was the main reason for increased bleomycin production. DasR, however, could not directly affect the expression of the pathway-specific repressor BlmR in the bleomycins gene cluster. With at the beginning of bleomycin synthesis, the supply of the specific precursor GDP-mannose played the key role in bleomycin production. Genetic engineering of the GDP-mannose synthesis pathway indicated that phosphomannose isomerase (ManA) and phosphomannomutase (ManB) were key enzymes for bleomycins synthesis. Here, the blmT, manA and manB co-expression strain OBlmT/ManAB was constructed. Based on GlcNAc regulation and assisted metabolic profiling analysis, the yields of bleomycin A2 and B2 were ultimately increased to 61.79 and 36.9 mg/L, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Under GlcNAc induction, the elevated production of bleomycins was mainly associated with the alleviation of the inhibition of BlmT, so blmT and specific precursor synthesis pathways were genetically engineered for bleomycins production improvement. Combination with subsequent metabolomics analysis not only effectively increased the bleomycin yield, but also extended the utilization of chitin-derived substrates in microbial-based antibiotic production.
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- Hong Chen
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China. .,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China.
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Lee N, Kim W, Chung J, Lee Y, Cho S, Jang KS, Kim SC, Palsson B, Cho BK. Iron competition triggers antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor during coculture with Myxococcus xanthus. ISME JOURNAL 2020; 14:1111-1124. [PMID: 31992858 PMCID: PMC7174319 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-0594-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Microbial coculture to mimic the ecological habitat has been suggested as an approach to elucidate the effect of microbial interaction on secondary metabolite biosynthesis of Streptomyces. However, because of chemical complexity during coculture, underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Here, we found that iron competition triggered antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor during coculture with Myxococcus xanthus. During coculture, M. xanthus enhanced the production of a siderophore, myxochelin, leading M. xanthus to dominate iron scavenging and S. coelicolor to experience iron-restricted conditions. This chemical competition, but not physical contact, activated the actinorhodin biosynthetic gene cluster and the branched-chain amino acid degradation pathway which imply the potential to produce precursors, along with activation of a novel actinorhodin export system. Furthermore, we found that iron restriction increased the expression of 21 secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters (smBGCs) in other Streptomyces species. These findings suggested that the availability for key ions stimulates specific smBGCs, which had the potential to enhance secondary metabolite biosynthesis in Streptomyces.
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- Namil Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Omics Group, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju, 28119, Republic of Korea.,Division of Bio-Analytical Science, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.,Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea. .,Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea. .,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark.
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van der Heul HU, Bilyk BL, McDowall KJ, Seipke RF, van Wezel GP. Regulation of antibiotic production in Actinobacteria: new perspectives from the post-genomic era. Nat Prod Rep 2019; 35:575-604. [PMID: 29721572 DOI: 10.1039/c8np00012c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Covering: 2000 to 2018 The antimicrobial activity of many of their natural products has brought prominence to the Streptomycetaceae, a family of Gram-positive bacteria that inhabit both soil and aquatic sediments. In the natural environment, antimicrobial compounds are likely to limit the growth of competitors, thereby offering a selective advantage to the producer, in particular when nutrients become limited and the developmental programme leading to spores commences. The study of the control of this secondary metabolism continues to offer insights into its integration with a complex lifecycle that takes multiple cues from the environment and primary metabolism. Such information can then be harnessed to devise laboratory screening conditions to discover compounds with new or improved clinical value. Here we provide an update of the review we published in NPR in 2011. Besides providing the essential background, we focus on recent developments in our understanding of the underlying regulatory networks, ecological triggers of natural product biosynthesis, contributions from comparative genomics and approaches to awaken the biosynthesis of otherwise silent or cryptic natural products. In addition, we highlight recent discoveries on the control of antibiotic production in other Actinobacteria, which have gained considerable attention since the start of the genomics revolution. New technologies that have the potential to produce a step change in our understanding of the regulation of secondary metabolism are also described.
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Ordóñez-Robles M, Rodríguez-García A, Martín JF. Genome-wide transcriptome response of Streptomyces tsukubaensis to N-acetylglucosamine: effect on tacrolimus biosynthesis. Microbiol Res 2018; 217:14-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2018.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Genilloud O. Mining Actinomycetes for Novel Antibiotics in the Omics Era: Are We Ready to Exploit This New Paradigm? Antibiotics (Basel) 2018; 7:E85. [PMID: 30257490 PMCID: PMC6316141 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics7040085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The current spread of multi-drug resistance in a number of key pathogens and the lack of therapeutic solutions in development to address most of the emerging infections in the clinic that are difficult to treat have become major concerns. Microbial natural products represent one of the most important sources for the discovery of potential new antibiotics and actinomycetes have been one of the most relevant groups that are prolific producers of these bioactive compounds. Advances in genome sequencing and bioinformatic tools have collected a wealth of knowledge on the biosynthesis of these molecules. This has revealed the broad untapped biosynthetic diversity of actinomycetes, with large genomes and the capacity to produce more molecules than previously estimated, opening new opportunities to identify the novel classes of compounds that are awaiting to be discovered. Comparative genomics, metabolomics and proteomics and the development of new analysis and genetic engineering tools provide access to the integration of new knowledge and better understanding of the physiology of actinomycetes and their tight regulation of the production of natural products antibiotics. This new paradigm is fostering the development of new genomic-driven and culture-based strategies, which aims to deliver new chemical classes of antibiotics to be developed to the clinic and replenish the exhausted pipeline of drugs for fighting the progression of infection diseases in the near future.
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- Olga Genilloud
- Fundación MEDINA, Avda Conocimiento 34, 18016 Granada, Spain.
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Planckaert S, Jourdan S, Francis IM, Deflandre B, Rigali S, Devreese B. Proteomic Response to Thaxtomin Phytotoxin Elicitor Cellobiose and to Deletion of Cellulose Utilization Regulator CebR in Streptomyces scabies. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:3837-3852. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sören Planckaert
- Laboratory for Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- InBioS − Center for Protein Engineering, University of Liège, Institut de Chimie, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Biology, California State University Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California 93311-1022, United States
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- InBioS − Center for Protein Engineering, University of Liège, Institut de Chimie, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- InBioS − Center for Protein Engineering, University of Liège, Institut de Chimie, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Du C, van Wezel GP. Mining for Microbial Gems: Integrating Proteomics in the Postgenomic Natural Product Discovery Pipeline. Proteomics 2018; 18:e1700332. [PMID: 29708658 PMCID: PMC6175363 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201700332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Natural products (NPs) are a major source of compounds for medical, agricultural, and biotechnological industries. Many of these compounds are of microbial origin, and, in particular, from Actinobacteria or filamentous fungi. To successfully identify novel compounds that correlate to a bioactivity of interest, or discover new enzymes with desired functions, systematic multiomics approaches have been developed over the years. Bioinformatics tools harness the rapidly expanding wealth of genome sequence information, revealing previously unsuspected biosynthetic diversity. Varying growth conditions or application of elicitors are applied to activate cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters, and metabolomics provide detailed insights into the NPs they specify. Combining these technologies with proteomics-based approaches to profile the biosynthetic enzymes provides scientists with insights into the full biosynthetic potential of microorganisms. The proteomics approaches include enrichment strategies such as employing activity-based probes designed by chemical biology, as well as unbiased (quantitative) proteomics methods. In this review, the opportunities and challenges in microbial NP research are discussed, and, in particular, the application of proteomics to link biosynthetic enzymes to the molecules they produce, and vice versa.
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- Chao Du
- Microbial Biotechnology & Health Programme Institute of BiologyLeiden UniversitySylviusweg 722333 BELeidenThe Netherlands
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- Microbial Biotechnology & Health Programme Institute of BiologyLeiden UniversitySylviusweg 722333 BELeidenThe Netherlands
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Lacombe-Harvey MÈ, Brzezinski R, Beaulieu C. Chitinolytic functions in actinobacteria: ecology, enzymes, and evolution. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:7219-7230. [PMID: 29931600 PMCID: PMC6097792 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9149-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Actinobacteria, a large group of Gram-positive bacteria, secrete a wide range of extracellular enzymes involved in the degradation of organic compounds and biopolymers including the ubiquitous aminopolysaccharides chitin and chitosan. While chitinolytic enzymes are distributed in all kingdoms of life, actinobacteria are recognized as particularly good decomposers of chitinous material and several members of this taxon carry impressive sets of genes dedicated to chitin and chitosan degradation. Degradation of these polymers in actinobacteria is dependent on endo- and exo-acting hydrolases as well as lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases. Actinobacterial chitinases and chitosanases belong to nine major families of glycosyl hydrolases that share no sequence similarity. In this paper, the distribution of chitinolytic actinobacteria within different ecosystems is examined and their chitinolytic machinery is described and compared to those of other chitinolytic organisms.
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- Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada.
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Balado M, Lages MA, Fuentes-Monteverde JC, Martínez-Matamoros D, Rodríguez J, Jiménez C, Lemos ML. The Siderophore Piscibactin Is a Relevant Virulence Factor for Vibrio anguillarum Favored at Low Temperatures. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1766. [PMID: 30116232 PMCID: PMC6083037 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vibrio anguillarum causes vibriosis, a hemorrhagic septicaemia that affects many cultured marine fish species worldwide. Two catechol siderophores, vanchrobactin and anguibactin, were previously identified in this bacterium. While vanchrobactin is a chromosomally encoded system widespread in all pathogenic and environmental strains, anguibactin is a plasmid-encoded system restricted to serotype O1 strains. In this work, we have characterized, from a serotype O2 strain producing vanchrobactin, a novel genomic island containing a cluster of genes that would encode the synthesis of piscibactin, a siderophore firstly described in the fish pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida. The chemical characterization of this siderophore confirmed that some strains of V. anguillarum produce piscibactin. An in silico analysis of the available genomes showed that this genomic island is present in many of the highly pathogenic V. anguillarum strains lacking the anguibactin system. The construction of single and double biosynthetic mutants for vanchrobactin and piscibactin allowed us to study the contribution of each siderophore to iron uptake, cell fitness, and virulence. Although both siderophores are simultaneously produced, piscibactin constitute a key virulence factor to infect fish, while vanchrobactin seems to have a secondary role in virulence. In addition, a transcriptional analysis of the gene cluster encoding piscibactin in V. anguillarum showed that synthesis of this siderophore is favored at low temperatures, being the transcriptional activity of the biosynthetic genes three-times higher at 18°C than at 25°C. We also show that iron levels and temperature contribute to balance the synthesis of both siderophores.
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- Miguel Balado
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Aquaculture, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Aquaculture, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Center for Advanced Scientific Research (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Center for Advanced Scientific Research (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Center for Advanced Scientific Research (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Center for Advanced Scientific Research (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Aquaculture, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Rigali S, Anderssen S, Naômé A, van Wezel GP. Cracking the regulatory code of biosynthetic gene clusters as a strategy for natural product discovery. Biochem Pharmacol 2018; 153:24-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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GntR Family Regulator DasR Controls Acetate Assimilation by Directly Repressing the acsA Gene in Saccharopolyspora erythraea. J Bacteriol 2018; 200:JB.00685-17. [PMID: 29686136 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00685-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The GntR family regulator DasR controls the transcription of genes involved in chitin and N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) metabolism in actinobacteria. GlcNAc is catabolized to ammonia, fructose-6-phosphate (Fru-6P), and acetate, which are nitrogen and carbon sources. In this work, a DasR-responsive element (dre) was observed in the upstream region of acsA1 in Saccharopolyspora erythraea This gene encodes acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) synthetase (Acs), an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of acetate into acetyl-CoA. We found that DasR repressed the transcription of acsA1 in response to carbon availability, especially with GlcNAc. Growth inhibition was observed in a dasR-deleted mutant (ΔdasR) in the presence of GlcNAc in minimal medium containing 10 mM acetate, a condition under which Acs activity is critical to growth. These results demonstrate that DasR controls acetate assimilation by directly repressing the transcription of the acsA1 gene and performs regulatory roles in the production of intracellular acetyl-CoA in response to GlcNAc.IMPORTANCE Our work has identified the DasR GlcNAc-sensing regulator that represses the generation of acetyl-CoA by controlling the expression of acetyl-CoA synthetase, an enzyme responsible for acetate assimilation in S. erythraea The finding provides the first insights into the importance of DasR in the regulation of acetate metabolism, which encompasses the regulatory network between nitrogen and carbon metabolism in actinobacteria, in response to environmental changes.
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Current strategies to induce secondary metabolites from microbial biosynthetic cryptic gene clusters. ANN MICROBIOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-018-1351-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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Cruz-Morales P, Ramos-Aboites HE, Licona-Cassani C, Selem-Mójica N, Mejía-Ponce PM, Souza-Saldívar V, Barona-Gómez F. Actinobacteria phylogenomics, selective isolation from an iron oligotrophic environment and siderophore functional characterization, unveil new desferrioxamine traits. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2017; 93:3934648. [PMID: 28910965 PMCID: PMC5812494 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fix086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Desferrioxamines are hydroxamate siderophores widely conserved in both aquatic and soil-dwelling Actinobacteria. While the genetic and enzymatic bases of siderophore biosynthesis and their transport in model families of this phylum are well understood, evolutionary studies are lacking. Here, we perform a comprehensive desferrioxamine-centric (des genes) phylogenomic analysis, which includes the genomes of six novel strains isolated from an iron and phosphorous depleted oasis in the Chihuahuan desert of Mexico. Our analyses reveal previously unnoticed desferrioxamine evolutionary patterns, involving both biosynthetic and transport genes, likely to be related to desferrioxamines chemical diversity. The identified patterns were used to postulate experimentally testable hypotheses after phenotypic characterization, including profiling of siderophores production and growth stimulation of co-cultures under iron deficiency. Based in our results, we propose a novel des gene, which we term desG, as responsible for incorporation of phenylacetyl moieties during biosynthesis of previously reported arylated desferrioxamines. Moreover, a genomic-based classification of the siderophore-binding proteins responsible for specific and generalist siderophore assimilation is postulated. This report provides a much-needed evolutionary framework, with specific insights supported by experimental data, to direct the future ecological and functional analysis of desferrioxamines in the environment.
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- Pablo Cruz-Morales
- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, 36821 Irapuato, México
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, 36821 Irapuato, México
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, 36821 Irapuato, México
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, 36821 Irapuato, México
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, 36821 Irapuato, México
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, 04510 Ciudad de México, México
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, 36821 Irapuato, México
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van der Meij A, Worsley SF, Hutchings MI, van Wezel GP. Chemical ecology of antibiotic production by actinomycetes. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2017; 41:392-416. [DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fux005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Urem M, Świątek-Połatyńska MA, Rigali S, van Wezel GP. Intertwining nutrient-sensory networks and the control of antibiotic production inStreptomyces. Mol Microbiol 2016; 102:183-195. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Mia Urem
- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University; Sylviusweg 72 Leiden 2333BE The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology; Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 10 Marburg 35043 Germany
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- InBioS, Centre for Protein Engineering; University of Liège; Liège B-4000 Belgium
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University; Sylviusweg 72 Leiden 2333BE The Netherlands
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW); Droevendaalsesteeg 10 Wageningen 6708 PB The Netherlands
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Ziemert N, Alanjary M, Weber T. The evolution of genome mining in microbes - a review. Nat Prod Rep 2016; 33:988-1005. [PMID: 27272205 DOI: 10.1039/c6np00025h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 397] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Covering: 2006 to 2016The computational mining of genomes has become an important part in the discovery of novel natural products as drug leads. Thousands of bacterial genome sequences are publically available these days containing an even larger number and diversity of secondary metabolite gene clusters that await linkage to their encoded natural products. With the development of high-throughput sequencing methods and the wealth of DNA data available, a variety of genome mining methods and tools have been developed to guide discovery and characterisation of these compounds. This article reviews the development of these computational approaches during the last decade and shows how the revolution of next generation sequencing methods has led to an evolution of various genome mining approaches, techniques and tools. After a short introduction and brief overview of important milestones, this article will focus on the different approaches of mining genomes for secondary metabolites, from detecting biosynthetic genes to resistance based methods and "evo-mining" strategies including a short evaluation of the impact of the development of genome mining methods and tools on the field of natural products and microbial ecology.
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- Nadine Ziemert
- Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Tuebingen, Germany.
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Barka EA, Vatsa P, Sanchez L, Gaveau-Vaillant N, Jacquard C, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Klenk HP, Clément C, Ouhdouch Y, van Wezel GP. Taxonomy, Physiology, and Natural Products of Actinobacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2016; 80:1-43. [PMID: 26609051 PMCID: PMC4711186 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00019-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 896] [Impact Index Per Article: 112.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria with high G+C DNA content that constitute one of the largest bacterial phyla, and they are ubiquitously distributed in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Many Actinobacteria have a mycelial lifestyle and undergo complex morphological differentiation. They also have an extensive secondary metabolism and produce about two-thirds of all naturally derived antibiotics in current clinical use, as well as many anticancer, anthelmintic, and antifungal compounds. Consequently, these bacteria are of major importance for biotechnology, medicine, and agriculture. Actinobacteria play diverse roles in their associations with various higher organisms, since their members have adopted different lifestyles, and the phylum includes pathogens (notably, species of Corynebacterium, Mycobacterium, Nocardia, Propionibacterium, and Tropheryma), soil inhabitants (e.g., Micromonospora and Streptomyces species), plant commensals (e.g., Frankia spp.), and gastrointestinal commensals (Bifidobacterium spp.). Actinobacteria also play an important role as symbionts and as pathogens in plant-associated microbial communities. This review presents an update on the biology of this important bacterial phylum.
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- Essaid Ait Barka
- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Faculté de Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Laboratoire de Biologie et de Biotechnologie des Microorganismes, Marrakesh, Morocco
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Sylvius Laboratories, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Wu C, Medema MH, Läkamp RM, Zhang L, Dorrestein PC, Choi YH, van Wezel GP. Leucanicidin and Endophenasides Result from Methyl-Rhamnosylation by the Same Tailoring Enzymes in Kitasatospora sp. MBT66. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:478-90. [PMID: 26675041 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.5b00801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The increasing bacterial multidrug resistance necessitates novel drug-discovery efforts. One way to obtain novel chemistry is glycosylation, which is prevalent in nature, with high diversity in both the sugar moieties and the targeted aglycones. Kitasatospora sp. MBT66 produces endophenaside antibiotics, which is a family of (methyl-)rhamnosylated phenazines. Here we show that this strain also produces the plecomacrolide leucanicidin (1), which is derived from bafilomycin A1 by glycosylation with the same methyl-rhamnosyl moiety as present in the endophenasides. Immediately adjacent to the baf genes for bafilomycin biosynthesis lie leuA and leuB, which encode a sugar-O-methyltransferase and a glycosyltransferase, respectively. LeuA and LeuB are the only enzymes encoded by the genome of Kitasatospora sp. MBT66 that are candidates for the methyl-rhamnosylation of natural products, and mutation of leuB abolished glycosylation of both families of natural products. Thus, LeuA and -B mediate the post-PKS methyl-rhamnosylation of bafilomycin A1 to leucanicidin and of phenazines to endophenasides, showing surprising promiscuity by tolerating both macrolide and phenazine skeletons as the substrates. Detailed metabolic analysis by MS/MS based molecular networking facilitated the characterization of nine novel phenazine glycosides 6-8, 16, and 22-26, whereby compounds 23 and 24 represent an unprecedented tautomeric glyceride phenazine, further enriching the structural diversity of endophenasides.
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- Changsheng Wu
- Molecular
Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg
72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
- Natural
Products Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg
72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Bioinformatics
Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Molecular
Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg
72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
- Collaborative
Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman
Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0751, United States
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- Molecular
Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg
72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Collaborative
Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman
Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0751, United States
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- Natural
Products Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg
72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular
Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg
72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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Locatelli FM, Goo KS, Ulanova D. Effects of trace metal ions on secondary metabolism and the morphological development of streptomycetes. Metallomics 2016; 8:469-80. [DOI: 10.1039/c5mt00324e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Metabolic profiling as a tool for prioritizing antimicrobial compounds. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 43:299-312. [PMID: 26335567 PMCID: PMC4752588 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-015-1666-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 07/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Metabolomics is an analytical technique that allows scientists to globally profile low molecular weight metabolites between samples in a medium- or high-throughput environment. Different biological samples are statistically analyzed and correlated to a bioactivity of interest, highlighting differentially produced compounds as potential biomarkers. Here, we review NMR- and MS-based metabolomics as technologies to facilitate the identification of novel antimicrobial natural products from microbial sources. Approaches to elicit the production of poorly expressed (cryptic) molecules are thereby a key to allow statistical analysis of samples to identify bioactive markers, while connection of compounds to their biosynthetic gene cluster is a determining step in elucidating the biosynthetic pathway and allows downstream process optimization and upscaling. The review focuses on approaches built around NMR-based metabolomics, which enables efficient dereplication and guided fractionation of (antimicrobial) compounds.
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Tfp1 is required for ion homeostasis, fluconazole resistance and N-Acetylglucosamine utilization in Candida albicans. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1853:2731-44. [PMID: 26255859 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2015] [Revised: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The vacuolar-type H+-ATPase (V-ATPase) is crucial for the maintenance of ion homeostasis. Dysregulation of ion homeostasis affects various aspects of cellular processes. However, the importance of V-ATPase in Candida albicans is not totally clear. In this study, we demonstrated the essential roles of V-ATPase through Tfp1, a putative V-ATPase subunit. Deletion of TFP1 led to generation of an iron starvation signal and reduced total iron content, which was associated with mislocalization of Fet34p that was finally due to disorders in copper homeostasis. Furthermore, the tfp1∆/∆ mutant exhibited weaker growth and lower aconitase activity on nonfermentable carbon sources, and iron or copper addition partially rescued the growth defect. In addition, the tfp1∆/∆ mutant also showed elevated cytosolic calcium levels in normal or low calcium medium that were relevant to calcium release from vacuole. Kinetics of cytosolic calcium response to an alkaline pulse and VCX1 (VCX1 encodes a putative vacuolar Ca2+/H+ exchanger) overexpression assays indicated that the cytosolic calcium status was in relation to Vcx1 activity. Spot assay and concentration-kill curve demonstrated that the tfp1∆/∆ mutant was hypersensitive to fluconazole, which was attributed to reduced ergosterol biosynthesis and CDR1 efflux pump activity, and iron/calcium dysregulation. Interestingly, carbon source utilization tests found the tfp1∆/∆ mutant was defective for growth on N-Acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) plate, which was associated with ATP depletion due to the decreased ability to catabolize GlcNAc. Taken together, our study gives new insights into functions of Tfp1, and provides the potential to better exploit V-ATPase as an antifungal target.
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Arias AA, Lambert S, Martinet L, Adam D, Tenconi E, Hayette MP, Ongena M, Rigali S. Growth of desferrioxamine-deficientStreptomycesmutants through xenosiderophore piracy of airborne fungal contaminations. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2015; 91:fiv080. [DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiv080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Tenconi E, Urem M, Świątek-Połatyńska MA, Titgemeyer F, Muller YA, van Wezel GP, Rigali S. Multiple allosteric effectors control the affinity of DasR for its target sites. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 464:324-9. [PMID: 26123391 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.06.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The global transcriptional regulator DasR connects N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) utilization to the onset of morphological and chemical differentiation in the model actinomycete Streptomyces coelicolor. Previous work revealed that glucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcN-6P) acts as an allosteric effector which disables binding by DasR to its operator sites (called dre, for DasR responsive element) and allows derepression of DasR-controlled/GlcNAc-dependent genes. To unveil the mechanism by which DasR controls S. coelicolor development, we performed a series of electromobility shift assays with histidine-tagged DasR protein, which suggested that N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcNAc-6P) could also inhibit the formation of DasR-dre complexes and perhaps even more efficiently than GlcN-6P. The possibility that GlcNAc-6P is indeed an efficient allosteric effector of DasR was further confirmed by the high and constitutive activity of the DasR-repressed nagKA promoter in the nagA mutant, which lacks GlcNAc-6P deaminase activity and therefore accumulates GlcNAc-6P. In addition, we also observed that high concentrations of organic or inorganic phosphate enhanced binding of DasR to its recognition site, suggesting that the metabolic status of the cell could determine the selectivity of DasR in vivo, and hence its effect on the expression of its regulon.
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- Elodie Tenconi
- Center for Protein Engineering, Institut de chimie B6a, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Oecotrophologie, Münster University of Applied Sciences, Corrensstr. 25, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnik, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Henkestrasse 91, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Protein Engineering, Institut de chimie B6a, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.
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Świątek-Połatyńska MA, Bucca G, Laing E, Gubbens J, Titgemeyer F, Smith CP, Rigali S, van Wezel GP. Genome-wide analysis of in vivo binding of the master regulator DasR in Streptomyces coelicolor identifies novel non-canonical targets. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0122479. [PMID: 25875084 PMCID: PMC4398421 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2014] [Accepted: 02/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Streptomycetes produce a wealth of natural products, including over half of all known antibiotics. It was previously demonstrated that N-acetylglucosamine and secondary metabolism are closely entwined in streptomycetes. Here we show that DNA recognition by the N-acetylglucosamine-responsive regulator DasR is growth-phase dependent, and that DasR can bind to sites in the S. coelicolor genome that have no obvious resemblance to previously identified DasR-responsive elements. Thus, the regulon of DasR extends well beyond what was previously predicted and includes a large number of genes with functions far removed from N-acetylglucosamine metabolism, such as genes for small RNAs and DNA transposases. Conversely, the DasR regulon during vegetative growth largely correlates to the presence of canonical DasR-responsive elements. The changes in DasR binding in vivo following N-acetylglucosamine induction were studied in detail and a possible molecular mechanism by which the influence of DasR is extended is discussed. Discussion of DasR binding was further informed by a parallel transcriptome analysis of the respective cultures. Evidence is provided that DasR binds directly to the promoters of all genes encoding pathway-specific regulators of antibiotic production in S. coelicolor, thereby providing an exquisitely simple link between nutritional control and secondary metabolism.
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- Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, PO Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Oecotrophologie, Münster University of Applied Sciences, Corrensstr. 25, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Protein Engineering, Université de Liège, Institut de Chimie B6a, Sart-Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, PO Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Lambert S, Traxler MF, Craig M, Maciejewska M, Ongena M, van Wezel GP, Kolter R, Rigali S. Altered desferrioxamine-mediated iron utilization is a common trait of bald mutants of Streptomyces coelicolor. Metallomics 2015; 6:1390-9. [PMID: 24788337 DOI: 10.1039/c4mt00068d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Streptomyces coelicolor is an important model organism for developmental studies of filamentous GC-rich actinobacteria. The genetic characterization of mutants of S. coelicolor blocked at the vegetative mycelium stage, the so-called bald (bld) mutants that are unable to erect spore-forming aerial hyphae, has opened the way to discovering the molecular basis of development in actinomycetes. Desferrioxamine (DFO) production and import of ferrioxamines (FO; iron-complexed DFO) are key to triggering morphogenesis of S. coelicolor and we show here that growth of S. coelicolor on the reference medium for Streptomyces developmental studies is fully dependent on DFO biosynthesis. UPLC-ESI-MS analysis revealed that all bld mutants tested are affected in DFO biosynthesis, with bldA, bldJ, and ptsH mutants severely impaired in DFO production, while bldF, bldK, crr and ptsI mutants overproduce DFO. Morphogenesis of bldK and bldJ mutants was recovered by supplying exogenous iron. Transcript analysis showed that the bldJ mutant is impaired in expression of genes involved in the uptake of FO, whereas transcription of genes involved in both DFO biosynthesis and FO uptake is increased in bldK mutants. Our study allows proposing altered DFO production and/or FO uptake as a novel phenotypic marker of many S. coelicolor bld mutants, and strengthens the role of siderophores and iron acquisition in morphological development of actinomycetes.
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- Stéphany Lambert
- Centre for Protein Engineering, University of Liège, Institut de Chimie B6a, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.
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A relatively small number of species in the large genus Streptomyces are pathogenic; the best characterized of these is Streptomyces scabies. The pathogenicity of S. scabies strains is dependent on the production of the nitrated diketopiperazine thaxtomin A, which is a potent plant cellulose synthesis inhibitor. Much is known about the genetic loci associated with plant virulence; however, the molecular mechanisms by which S. scabies triggers expression of thaxtomin biosynthetic genes, beyond the pathway-specific activator TxtR, are not well understood. In this study, we demonstrate that binding sites for the cellulose utilization repressor CebR occur and function within the thaxtomin biosynthetic cluster. This was an unexpected result, as CebR is devoted to primary metabolism and nutritive functions in nonpathogenic streptomycetes. In S. scabies, cellobiose and cellotriose inhibit the DNA-binding ability of CebR, leading to an increased expression of the thaxtomin biosynthetic and regulatory genes txtA, txtB, and txtR. Deletion of cebR results in constitutive thaxtomin A production and hypervirulence of S. scabies. The pathogenicity of S. scabies is thus under dual direct positive and negative transcriptional control where CebR is the cellobiose-sensing key that locks the expression of txtR, the key necessary to unlock the production of the phytotoxin. Interestingly, CebR-binding sites also lie upstream of and within the thaxtomin biosynthetic clusters in Streptomyces turgidiscabies and Streptomyces acidiscabies, suggesting that CebR is most likely an important regulator of virulence in these plant-pathogenic species as well. What makes a microorganism pathogenic is not limited to the genes acquired for virulence. Using the main causative agent of scab lesions on root and tuber crops as an example, our work identified the subtle but essential genetic changes that generate the cis-acting elements necessary for proper timing of the expression of the cluster of genes responsible for the biosynthesis of thaxtomin A, the primary virulence factor in plant-pathogenic streptomycetes. These data illustrate a situation in which a regulator associated with primary metabolism in nonpathogens, CebR, has been coopted as a master regulator of virulence in pathogenic species. Furthermore, the manipulation of CebR-mediated control of thaxtomin production will facilitate overproduction of this natural and biodegradable herbicide for commercial purposes. Our work thus provides a concrete example of how a strictly theoretical and computational work was able to elucidate a regulatory mechanism associated with the virulence of a plant pathogen and to generate solutions to purely agro-industrial concerns.
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Traxler MF, Kolter R. Natural products in soil microbe interactions and evolution. Nat Prod Rep 2015; 32:956-70. [DOI: 10.1039/c5np00013k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Gram positive bacteria from the soil have historically been a deep source of useful natural products. This article considers how natural products may mediate microbial interactions in the soil environment.
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- Matthew F. Traxler
- Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology
- University of California at Berkeley
- Berkeley
- USA
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- Dept. of Microbiology and Immunobiology
- Harvard Medical School
- Boston
- USA
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van Dissel D, Claessen D, van Wezel GP. Morphogenesis of Streptomyces in submerged cultures. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2014; 89:1-45. [PMID: 25131399 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800259-9.00001-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Members of the genus Streptomyces are mycelial bacteria that undergo a complex multicellular life cycle and propagate via sporulation. Streptomycetes are important industrial microorganisms, as they produce a plethora of medically relevant natural products, including the majority of clinically important antibiotics, as well as a wide range of enzymes with industrial application. While development of Streptomyces in surface-grown cultures is well studied, relatively little is known of the parameters that determine morphogenesis in submerged cultures. Here, growth is characterized by the formation of mycelial networks and pellets. From the perspective of industrial fermentations, such mycelial growth is unattractive, as it is associated with slow growth, heterogeneous cultures, and high viscosity. Here, we review the current insights into the genetic and environmental factors that determine mycelial growth and morphology in liquid-grown cultures. The genetic factors include cell-matrix proteins and extracellular polymers, morphoproteins with specific roles in liquid-culture morphogenesis, with the SsgA-like proteins as well-studied examples, and programmed cell death. Environmental factors refer in particular to those dictated by process engineering, such as growth media and reactor set-up. These insights are then integrated to provide perspectives as to how this knowledge can be applied to improve streptomycetes for industrial applications.
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- Dino van Dissel
- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Rigali S, Nivelle R, Tocquin P. On the necessity and biological significance of threshold-free regulon prediction outputs. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2014; 11:333-7. [PMID: 25387521 DOI: 10.1039/c4mb00485j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The in silico prediction of cis-acting elements in a genome is an efficient way to quickly obtain an overview of the biological processes controlled by a trans-acting factor, and connections between regulatory networks. Several regulon prediction web tools are available, designed to identify DNA motifs predicted to be bound by transcription factors using position weight matrix-based algorithms. In this paper we expose and discuss the conflicting objectives of software creators (bioinformaticians) and software users (biologists), who aim for reliable and exhaustive prediction outputs, respectively. Software makers, concerned with providing tools that minimise the number of false positive hits, often impose a stringent threshold score for a sequence to be included in the list of the putative cis-acting sites. This rigidity eventually results in the identification of strongly reliable but largely straightforward sites, i.e. those associated with genes already anticipated to be targeted by the studied transcription factor. Importantly, this biased identification of strongly bound sequences contrasts with the biological reality where, in many circumstances, a weak DNA-protein interaction is required for the appropriate gene's expression. We show here a series of transcriptionally controlled systems involving weakly bound cis-acting elements that could never have been discovered because of the policy of preventing software users from modifying the screening parameters. Proposing only trustworthy prediction outputs thus prevents biologists from fully utilising their knowledge background and deciding to analyse statistically irrelevant hits that could nonetheless be potentially involved in subtle, unexpected, though essential cis-trans relationships.
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- Sébastien Rigali
- Centre for Protein Engineering, University of Liège, Institut de Chimie B6a, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.
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Liao C, Rigali S, Cassani CL, Marcellin E, Nielsen LK, Ye BC. Control of chitin and N-acetylglucosamine utilization in Saccharopolyspora erythraea. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2014; 160:1914-1928. [PMID: 25009237 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.078261-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Chitin degradation and subsequent N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) catabolism is thought to be a common trait of a large majority of actinomycetes. Utilization of aminosugars had been poorly investigated outside the model strain Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), and we examined here the genetic setting of the erythromycin producer Saccharopolyspora erythraea for GlcNAc and chitin utilization, as well as the transcriptional control thereof. Sacch. erythraea efficiently utilize GlcNAc most likely via the phosphotransferase system (PTS(GlcNAc)); however, this strain is not able to grow when chitin or N,N'-diacetylchitobiose [(GlcNAc)2] is the sole nutrient source, despite a predicted extensive chitinolytic system (chi genes). The inability of Sacch. erythraea to utilize chitin and (GlcNAc)2 is probably because of the loss of genes encoding the DasABC transporter for (GlcNAc)2 import, and genes for intracellular degradation of (GlcNAc)2 by β-N-acetylglucosaminidases. Transcription analyses revealed that in Sacch. erythraea all putative chi and GlcNAc utilization genes are repressed by DasR, whereas in Strep. coelicolor DasR displayed either activating or repressing functions whether it targets genes involved in the polymer degradation or genes for GlcNAc dimer and monomer utilization, respectively. A transcriptomic analysis further showed that GlcNAc not only activates the transcription of GlcNAc catabolism genes but also activates chi gene expression, as opposed to the previously reported GlcNAc-mediated catabolite repression in Strep. coelicolor. Finally, synteny exploration revealed an identical genetic background for chitin utilization in other rare actinomycetes, which suggests that screening procedures that used only the chitin-based protocol for selective isolation of antibiotic-producing actinomycetes could have missed the isolation of many industrially promising strains.
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- Chengheng Liao
- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing Technology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- Centre for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie B6a, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing Technology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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Natural Product Proteomining, a Quantitative Proteomics Platform, Allows Rapid Discovery of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters for Different Classes of Natural Products. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 21:707-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2014.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2013] [Revised: 03/02/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Gaugué I, Oberto J, Plumbridge J. Regulation of amino sugar utilization in Bacillus subtilis by the GntR family regulators, NagR and GamR. Mol Microbiol 2014; 92:100-15. [PMID: 24673833 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In Bacillus subtilis separate sets of genes are implicated in the transport and metabolism of the amino sugars, glucosamine and N-acetylglucosamine. The genes for use of N-acetylglucosamine (nagAB and nagP) are found in most firmicutes and are controlled by a GntR family repressor NagR (YvoA). The genes for use of glucosamine (gamAP) are repressed by another GntR family repressor GamR (YbgA). The gamR-gamAP synton is only found in B. subtilis and a few very close relatives. Although NagR and GamR are close phylogenetically, there is no cross regulation between their operons. GlcN6P prevents all binding of GamR to its targets. NagR binds specifically to targets containing the previously identified dre palindrome but its binding is not inhibited by GlcN6P or GlcNAc6P. GamR-like binding sites were also found in some other Bacilli associated with genes for use of chitin, the polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, and with a gene for another GamR homologue (yurK). We show that GamR can bind to two regions in the chi operon of B. licheniformis and that GamR and YurK are capable of heterologous regulation. GamR can repress the B. licheniformis licH-yurK genes and YurK can repress B. subtilis gamA.
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- Isabelle Gaugué
- UPR9073-CNRS (associated with Université Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13, Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 75005, France
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Bunet R, Riclea R, Laureti L, Hôtel L, Paris C, Girardet JM, Spiteller D, Dickschat JS, Leblond P, Aigle B. A single Sfp-type phosphopantetheinyl transferase plays a major role in the biosynthesis of PKS and NRPS derived metabolites in Streptomyces ambofaciens ATCC23877. PLoS One 2014; 9:e87607. [PMID: 24498152 PMCID: PMC3909215 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The phosphopantetheinyl transferases (PPTases) are responsible for the activation of the carrier protein domains of the polyketide synthases (PKS), non ribosomal peptide synthases (NRPS) and fatty acid synthases (FAS). The analysis of the Streptomyces ambofaciens ATCC23877 genome has revealed the presence of four putative PPTase encoding genes. One of these genes appears to be essential and is likely involved in fatty acid biosynthesis. Two other PPTase genes, samT0172 (alpN) and samL0372, are located within a type II PKS gene cluster responsible for the kinamycin production and an hybrid NRPS-PKS cluster involved in antimycin production, respectively, and their products were shown to be specifically involved in the biosynthesis of these secondary metabolites. Surprisingly, the fourth PPTase gene, which is not located within a secondary metabolite gene cluster, appears to play a pleiotropic role. Its product is likely involved in the activation of the acyl- and peptidyl-carrier protein domains within all the other PKS and NRPS complexes encoded by S. ambofaciens. Indeed, the deletion of this gene affects the production of the spiramycin and stambomycin macrolide antibiotics and of the grey spore pigment, all three being PKS-derived metabolites, as well as the production of the nonribosomally produced compounds, the hydroxamate siderophore coelichelin and the pyrrolamide antibiotic congocidine. In addition, this PPTase seems to act in concert with the product of samL0372 to activate the ACP and/or PCP domains of the antimycin biosynthesis cluster which is also responsible for the production of volatile lactones.
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- Robert Bunet
- Université de Lorraine, Dynamique des Génomes et Adaptation Microbienne, UMR 1128, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- INRA, Dynamique des Génomes et Adaptation Microbienne, UMR 1128, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Université de Lorraine, Dynamique des Génomes et Adaptation Microbienne, UMR 1128, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- INRA, Dynamique des Génomes et Adaptation Microbienne, UMR 1128, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, Dynamique des Génomes et Adaptation Microbienne, UMR 1128, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- INRA, Dynamique des Génomes et Adaptation Microbienne, UMR 1128, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Biomolécules, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, Unité de Recherche Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (URAFPA), Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France
- INRA,URAFPA, USC 340, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Department of Biology, Chemical Ecology/Biological Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Université de Lorraine, Dynamique des Génomes et Adaptation Microbienne, UMR 1128, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- INRA, Dynamique des Génomes et Adaptation Microbienne, UMR 1128, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, Dynamique des Génomes et Adaptation Microbienne, UMR 1128, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- INRA, Dynamique des Génomes et Adaptation Microbienne, UMR 1128, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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Zhu H, Sandiford SK, van Wezel GP. Triggers and cues that activate antibiotic production by actinomycetes. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 41:371-86. [PMID: 23907251 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-013-1309-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 06/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Actinomycetes are a rich source of natural products, and these mycelial bacteria produce the majority of the known antibiotics. The increasing difficulty to find new drugs via high-throughput screening has led to a decline in antibiotic research, while infectious diseases associated with multidrug resistance are spreading rapidly. Here we review new approaches and ideas that are currently being developed to increase our chances of finding novel antimicrobials, with focus on genetic, chemical, and ecological methods to elicit the expression of biosynthetic gene clusters. The genome sequencing revolution identified numerous gene clusters for natural products in actinomycetes, associated with a potentially huge reservoir of unknown molecules, and prioritizing them is a major challenge for in silico screening-based approaches. Some antibiotics are likely only expressed under very specific conditions, such as interaction with other microbes, which explains the renewed interest in soil and marine ecology. The identification of new gene clusters, as well as chemical elicitors and culturing conditions that activate their expression, should allow scientists to reinforce their efforts to find the necessary novel antimicrobial drugs.
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- Hua Zhu
- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Tenconi E, Guichard P, Motte P, Matagne A, Rigali S. Use of red autofluorescence for monitoring prodiginine biosynthesis. J Microbiol Methods 2013; 93:138-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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