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Xia H, Zhan X, Mao XM, Li YQ. The regulatory cascades of antibiotic production in Streptomyces. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 36:13. [PMID: 31897764 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-019-2789-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Streptomyces is famous for its capability to produce the most abundant antibiotics in all kingdoms. All Streptomyces antibiotics are natural products, whose biosynthesis from the so-called gene clusters are elaborately regulated by pyramidal transcriptional regulatory cascades. In the past decades, scientists have striven to unveil the regulatory mechanisms involved in antibiotic production in Streptomyces. Here we mainly focus on three aspects of the regulation on antibiotic production. 1. The onset of antibiotic production triggered by hormones and their coupled receptors as regulators; 2. The cascades of global and pathway-specific regulators governing antibiotic production; 3. The feedback regulation of antibiotics and/or intermediates on the gene cluster expression for their coordinated production. This review will summarize how the antibiotic production is stringently regulated in Streptomyces based on the signaling, and lay a theoretical foundation for improvement of antibiotic production and potentially drug discovery.
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- Haiyang Xia
- Institute of Biopharmaceuticals, Taizhou University, Taizhou, 318000, China
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- Institute of Biopharmaceuticals, Taizhou University, Taizhou, 318000, China
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- Institute of Biopharmaceuticals, Taizhou University, Taizhou, 318000, China. .,Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Institute of Biopharmaceuticals, Taizhou University, Taizhou, 318000, China. .,Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Biarnes-Carrera M, Breitling R, Takano E. Detection and Quantification of Butyrolactones from Streptomyces. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1673:117-128. [PMID: 29130169 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7309-5_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In Streptomyces, the onset of antibiotic production and sporulation is coordinated through small diffusible molecules known as γ-butyrolactones (GBLs). These are active in very low amounts, and their extraction and characterization are challenging. Here we describe a rapid, small-scale method for the extraction of GBL from Streptomyces coelicolor, from both solid and liquid cultures, which provides sufficient material for subsequent bioassays and partial characterization. We also present two different bioassay techniques for the detection and quantification of the GBL content in the extracts: the antibiotic bioassay and the kanamycin bioassay.
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- Marc Biarnes-Carrera
- Manchester Centre for Synthetic Biology of Fine and Speciality Chemicals (SYNBIOCHEM), Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Manchester Centre for Synthetic Biology of Fine and Speciality Chemicals (SYNBIOCHEM), Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Manchester Centre for Synthetic Biology of Fine and Speciality Chemicals (SYNBIOCHEM), Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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Zhu J, Chen Z, Li J, Wen Y. AvaR1, a Butenolide-Type Autoregulator Receptor in Streptomyces avermitilis, Directly Represses Avenolide and Avermectin Biosynthesis and Multiple Physiological Responses. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2577. [PMID: 29312254 PMCID: PMC5744401 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Avermectins are commercially important anthelmintic antibiotics produced by Streptomyces avermitilis. The homologous TetR-family transcriptional regulators AvaR1 and AvaR2 in this species were identified previously as receptors of avenolide, a novel butenolide-type autoregulator signal required for triggering avermectin biosynthesis. AvaR2 was found to be an important pleiotropic regulator in repression of avermectin and avenolide production and cell growth, whereas the regulatory role of AvaR1 remains unclear. Investigation of AvaR1 function in the present study showed that it had no effect on cell growth or morphological differentiation, but inhibited avenolide and avermectin production mainly through direct repression of aco (the key enzyme gene for avenolide biosynthesis) and aveR (the cluster-situated activator gene). AvaR1 also directly repressed its own gene (avaR1) and two adjacent homologous genes (avaR2 and avaR3). Binding sites of AvaR1 on these five target promoter regions completely overlapped those of AvaR2, leading to the same consensus binding motif. However, AvaR1 and AvaR2 had both common and exclusive target genes, indicating that they cross-regulate diverse physiological processes. Ten novel identified AvaR1 targets are involved in primary metabolism, stress responses, ribosomal protein synthesis, and cyclic nucleotide degration, reflecting a pleiotropic role of AvaR1. Competitive EMSAs and GST pull-down assays showed that AvaR1 and AvaR2 competed for the same binding regions, and could form a heterodimer and homodimers, suggesting that AvaR1 and AvaR2 compete and cooperate to regulate their common target genes. These findings provide a more comprehensive picture of the cellular responses mediated by AvaR1 and AvaR2 regulatory networks in S. avermitilis.
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- Jianya Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Fishery Biotechnology, Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Mohd-Sharif N, Shaibullah S, Givajothi V, Tan CS, Ho KL, Teh AH, Baharum SN, Waterman J, Ng CL. Crystallization and X-ray crystallographic analysis of recombinant TylP, a putative γ-butyrolactone receptor protein from Streptomyces fradiae. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS 2017; 73:109-115. [PMID: 28177322 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x17001212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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TylP is one of five regulatory proteins involved in the regulation of antibiotic (tylosin) production, morphological and physiological differentiation in Streptomyces fradiae. Its function is similar to those of various γ-butyrolactone receptor proteins. In this report, N-terminally His-tagged recombinant TylP protein (rTylP) was overproduced in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. The rTylP protein was crystallized from a reservoir solution comprising 34%(v/v) ethylene glycol and 5%(v/v) glycerol. The protein crystals diffracted X-rays to 3.05 Å resolution and belonged to the trigonal space group P3121, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 126.62, c = 95.63 Å.
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- Nurhikmah Mohd-Sharif
- Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 10 Persiaran Bukit Jambul, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia
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- Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, England
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- Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Sultan SP, Kitani S, Miyamoto KT, Iguchi H, Atago T, Ikeda H, Nihira T. Characterization of AvaR1, a butenolide-autoregulator receptor for biosynthesis of a Streptomyces hormone in Streptomyces avermitilis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:9581-9591. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7781-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kurniawan YN, Kitani S, Iida A, Maeda A, Lycklama a Nijeholt J, Lee YJ, Nihira T. Regulation of production of the blue pigment indigoidine by the pseudo γ-butyrolactone receptor FarR2 in Streptomyces lavendulae FRI-5. J Biosci Bioeng 2016; 121:372-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2015.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2015] [Revised: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Zhou ZX, Xu QQ, Bu QT, Liu SP, Yu P, Li YQ. Transcriptome-guided identification of SprA as a pleiotropic regulator in Streptomyces chattanoogensis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 99:1287-98. [PMID: 25326777 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6132-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Revised: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Quorum sensing molecular γ-butyrolactones (GBL) are widely distributed among the genus Streptomyces. Their cognate receptors have been demonstrated to control secondary metabolism and/or morphological differentiation. ScgA is responsible for the biosynthesis of GBL in Streptomyces chattanoogensis. According to the genome-wide transcriptome analysis of the ΔscgA mutant, we found that the expression of sprA, which encodes a GBL receptor homologue, was shown to be positively regulated by ScgA. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays and DNase I footprinting assays showed that SprA bound to two specific autoregulatory element (ARE) sequences located upstream of the sprA gene, indicating that its expression is self-regulated. SprA was involved in biosynthesis of GBL by repressing the expression of scgA. An Escherichia coli-based luciferase report system demonstrated that SprA directly repressed the expression of scgR, which encodes a GBL receptor. Like deletion of scgA, the disruption of sprA resulted in decreased production of the antibiotic natamycin in liquid culture and retarded morphological differentiation on solid agar. This work indicates that SprA acts as a pleiotropic regulator of both morphogenesis and the production of natamycin.
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- Zhen-Xing Zhou
- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Bhukya H, Bhujbalrao R, Bitra A, Anand R. Structural and functional basis of transcriptional regulation by TetR family protein CprB from S. coelicolor A3(2). Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:10122-33. [PMID: 25092919 PMCID: PMC4150764 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Antibiotic production and resistance pathways in Streptomyces are dictated by the interplay of transcriptional regulatory proteins that trigger downstream responses via binding to small diffusible molecules. To decipher the mode of DNA binding and the associated allosteric mechanism in the sub-class of transcription factors that are induced by γ-butyrolactones, we present the crystal structure of CprB in complex with the consensus DNA element to a resolution of 3.25 Å. Binding of the DNA results in the restructuring of the dimeric interface of CprB, inducing a pendulum-like motion of the helix-turn-helix motif that inserts into the major groove. The crystal structure revealed that, CprB is bound to DNA as a dimer of dimers with the mode of binding being analogous to the broad spectrum multidrug transporter protein QacR from the antibiotic resistant strain Staphylococcus aureus. It was demonstrated that the CprB displays a cooperative mode of DNA binding, following a clamp and click model. Experiments performed on a subset of DNA sequences from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) suggest that CprB is most likely a pleiotropic regulator. Apart from serving as an autoregulator, it is potentially a part of a network of proteins that modulates the γ-butyrolactone synthesis and antibiotic regulation pathways in S. coelicolor A3(2).
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- Hussain Bhukya
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India IITB-Monash Research Academy, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
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Tan GY, Bai L, Zhong JJ. Exogenous 1,4-butyrolactone stimulates A-factor-like cascade and validamycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces hygroscopicus 5008. Biotechnol Bioeng 2013; 110:2984-93. [PMID: 23703669 DOI: 10.1002/bit.24965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2012] [Revised: 05/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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γ-Butyrolactones (GBLs), such as A-factor, are one type of signaling molecules produced by Streptomyces species and have been reported to regulate secondary metabolism. However, they are usually produced in very small amount, which has hindered their structural elucidation and application for antibiotic overproduction. In this work, 1,4-butyrolactone (1,4-BL), as an easily accessible and cheap analogue of GBLs, was applied to the fermentation of validamycin A (VAL-A), an important antifungal antibiotic produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus 5008. The addition of 1,4-BL enhanced VAL-A production by 30% in both shaking flasks and bioreactors. The transcriptional levels of the adpA homologue (adpA-H) and VAL-A biosynthetic genes were significantly increased. Among the three A-factor receptor homologous genes identified in the genome of S. hygroscopicus 5008, shbR3 was proved to be responsible for the inducing activity of 1,4-BL by gene disruption and circular dichroism analysis, and ShbR3 could bind to the promoter region of adpA-H as indicated by EMSA analysis. Furthermore, the mutation of adpA-H abolished the transcription of VAL-A biosynthetic genes and VAL-A productivity. In EMSA analysis, AdpA-H could directly bind to the promoter regions of VAL-A gene cluster. Moreover, addition of the 1,4-BL also improved the VAL-A production in a high-yielding strain TL01. The results showed that 1,4-BL could stimulate A-factor-like cascade and subsequently enhance VAL-A production in S. hygroscopicus 5008.
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- Gao-Yi Tan
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong-chuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Characterization of a new ScbR-like γ-butyrolactone binding regulator (SlbR) in Streptomyces coelicolor. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 96:113-21. [PMID: 22246527 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3803-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2011] [Revised: 11/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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γ-Butyrolactones in Streptomyces are well recognized as bacterial hormones, and they affect secondary metabolism of Streptomyces. γ-Butyrolactone receptors are considered important regulatory proteins, and various γ-butyrolactone synthases and receptors have been reported in Streptomyces. Here, we characterized a new regulator, SCO0608, that interacted with SCB1 (γ-butyrolactone of Streptomyces coelicolor) and bound to the scbR/A and adpA promoters. The SCO0608 protein sequences are not similar to those of any known γ-butyrolactone binding proteins in Streptomyces such as ScbR from S. coelicolor or ArpA from Streptomyces griseus. Interestingly, SCO0608 functions as a repressor of antibiotic biosynthesis and spore formation in R5 complex media. We showed the existence of another type of γ-butyrolactone receptor in Streptomyces, and this SCO0608 was named ScbR-like γ-butyrolactone binding regulator (SlbR) in S. coelicolor.
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Yu Q, Bai L, Zhou X, Deng Z. Inactivation of the positive LuxR-type oligomycin biosynthesis regulators OlmRI and OlmRII increases avermectin production in Streptomyces avermitilis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4865-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Characterisation of a γ-butyrolactone receptor of Streptomyces tacrolimicus: effect on sporulation and tacrolimus biosynthesis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 92:971-84. [PMID: 21792593 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3466-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Revised: 06/22/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Streptomyces tacrolimicus (ATCC 55098) was reported to produce the immunosuppressant tacrolimus. The wild-type strain sporulates sparsely and produces very low levels of this immunosuppressant. The lack of genetic knowledge of this strain has hampered strain improvement. In this work, we have cloned the gene encoding a γ-butyrolactone receptor protein (Gbr). The gbr gene is linked to two genes encoding two subunits of the dihydroxyacetone kinase, putatively involved in the biosynthesis of the dihydroxyacetone phosphate precursor of γ-butyrolactone but is not flanked by γ-butyrolactone synthetase genes. The Gbr protein was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that Gbr binds to a specific autoregulatory element sequence located 338 bp upstream of the gbr gene, indicating that its expression is self-regulated. The deletion mutant Δgbr showed a very early and intense sporulation in two different media. A phenotype similar to that of the wild-type strain was restored by complementation of the Δgbr mutant with a wild-type gbr allele. Duplication of the gbr gene resulted in a slower sporulation. The Δgbr mutant produced much lower amount (32%) of tacrolimus quantified by high performance liquid chromatography. This analysis, using an optimised system, allowed the resolution of tacrolimus from ascomycin and other contaminant metabolites. Our results indicate that the Gbr protein regulates negatively the sporulation and positively the production of tacrolimus.
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Pan Y, Wang L, He X, Tian Y, Liu G, Tan H. SabR enhances nikkomycin production via regulating the transcriptional level of sanG, a pathway-specific regulatory gene in Streptomyces ansochromogenes. BMC Microbiol 2011; 11:164. [PMID: 21771341 PMCID: PMC3146816 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 07/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND sabR is a pleiotropic regulatory gene which has been shown to positively regulate the nikkomycin biosynthesis and negatively affect the sporulation of Streptomyces ansochromogenes. In this study, we investigate the mechanism of SabR on modulating nikkomycin production in Streptomyces ansochromogenes. RESULTS The transcription start point of sabR was determined by high-resolution S1 nuclease mapping and localized at the nucleotide T at position 37 bp upstream of the potential sabR translation start codon (GTG). Disruption of sabR enhanced its own transcription, but retarded the nikkomycin production. Over-expression of sabR enhanced nikkomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces ansochromogenes. EMSA analysis showed that SabR bound to the upstream region of sanG, but it did not bind to the upstream region of its encoding gene (sabR), sanF and the intergenic region between sanN and sanO. DNase 1 footprinting assays showed that the SabR-binding site upstream of sanG was 5'-CTTTAAGTCACCTGGCTCATTCGCGTTCGCCCAGCT-3' which was designated as SARE. Deletion of SARE resulted in the delay of nikkomycin production that was similar to that of sabR disruption mutant. CONCLUSIONS These results indicated that SabR modulated nikkomycin biosynthesis as an enhancer via interaction with the promoter region of sanG, and expanded our understanding about regulatory cascade in nikkomycin biosynthesis.
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- Yuanyuan Pan
- The Key Laboratory of Systematic Mycology and Lichenology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Systematic Mycology and Lichenology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Systematic Mycology and Lichenology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Willey JM, Gaskell AA. Morphogenetic Signaling Molecules of the Streptomycetes. Chem Rev 2010; 111:174-87. [DOI: 10.1021/cr1000404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Joanne M. Willey
- Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York 11549, United States, and Hofstra University-North Shore-Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York 11549, United States
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- Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York 11549, United States, and Hofstra University-North Shore-Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York 11549, United States
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Gottelt M, Kol S, Gomez-Escribano JP, Bibb M, Takano E. Deletion of a regulatory gene within the cpk gene cluster reveals novel antibacterial activity in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2010; 156:2343-2353. [PMID: 20447997 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.038281-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Genome sequencing of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) revealed an uncharacterized type I polyketide synthase gene cluster (cpk). Here we describe the discovery of a novel antibacterial activity (abCPK) and a yellow-pigmented secondary metabolite (yCPK) after deleting a presumed pathway-specific regulatory gene (scbR2) that encodes a member of the gamma-butyrolactone receptor family of proteins and which lies in the cpk gene cluster. Overproduction of yCPK and abCPK in a scbR2 deletion mutant, and the absence of the newly described compounds from cpk deletion mutants, suggest that they are products of the previously orphan cpk biosynthetic pathway in which abCPK is converted into the yellow pigment. Transcriptional analysis suggests that scbR2 may act in a negative feedback mechanism to eventually limit yCPK biosynthesis. The results described here represent a novel approach for the discovery of new, biologically active compounds.
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- Marco Gottelt
- Department of Microbial Physiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751NN Haren, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbial Physiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751NN Haren, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Microbial Physiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751NN Haren, The Netherlands
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Healy FG, Eaton KP, Limsirichai P, Aldrich JF, Plowman AK, King RR. Characterization of gamma-butyrolactone autoregulatory signaling gene homologs in the angucyclinone polyketide WS5995B producer Streptomyces acidiscabies. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:4786-97. [PMID: 19465647 PMCID: PMC2715719 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00437-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2009] [Accepted: 05/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Organisms belonging to the genus Streptomyces produce numerous important secondary metabolites and undergo a sophisticated morphological differentiation program. In many instances these processes are under the control of gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) autoregulatory systems. Streptomyces acidiscabies strain 84.104 produces the secondary metabolite aromatic angucyclinone polyketide WS5995B. In order to explore the role of GBL regulatory circuitry in WS5995B production and morphogenesis in S. acidiscabies, a gene cluster encoding GBL autoregulatory signaling homologs was identified and characterized. Two GBL receptor homologs, sabR and sabS, were found flanking a GBL synthase homolog sabA. Strains carrying mutations in sabS produced elevated levels of WS5995B and displayed conditional morphological defects reminiscent of defects seen in Streptomyces bldA mutants. Notably, sabS possesses a TTA codon predicted to be recognized by tRNA(leu). sabA mutants produced higher levels of WS5995B than the wild-type strain but to a lesser extent than the levels of WS5995B seen in sabS mutants. Purified recombinant SabR and SabS were tested for their abilities to bind predicted AT-rich autoregulatory element (ARE) boxes within the sabRAS region. SabS did not bind any DNA sequences in this region, while SabR bound an ARE box in the region upstream of sabS. Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR analysis revealed higher levels of sabS transcript in sabR mutants than in the wild-type strain, suggesting that sabS expression is repressed by SabR. Based on these data, we propose that the S. acidiscabies sabRAS genes encode components of a signaling pathway which participates in the regulation of WS5995B production and morphogenesis.
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- Frank G Healy
- Department of Biology, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA.
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Birkó Z, Swiatek M, Szájli E, Medzihradszky KF, Vijgenboom E, Penyige A, Keseru J, van Wezel GP, Biró S. Lack of A-factor production induces the expression of nutrient scavenging and stress-related proteins in Streptomyces griseus. Mol Cell Proteomics 2009; 8:2396-403. [PMID: 19625340 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m900194-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The small gamma-butyrolactone A-factor is an important autoregulatory signaling molecule for the soil-inhabiting streptomycetes. Starvation is a major trigger for development, and nutrients are provided by degradation of the vegetative mycelium via a process of programmed cell death, reusing proteins, nucleic acids, and cell wall material. The A-factor regulon includes many extracellular hydrolases. Here we show via proteomics analysis that many nutrient-scavenging and stress-related proteins were overexpressed in an A-factor non-producing mutant of Streptomyces griseus B-2682. Transcript analysis showed that this is primarily due to differential transcription of the target genes during early development. The targets include proteins relating to nutrient stress and environmental stress and an orthologue of the Bacillus sporulation control protein Spo0M. The enhanced expression of these proteins underlines the stress that is generated by the absence of A-factor. Wild-type developmental gene expression was restored to the A-factor non-producing mutant by the signaling protein Factor C in line with our earlier observation that Factor C triggers A-factor production.
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- Zsuzsanna Birkó
- Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Kitani S, Iida A, Izumi TA, Maeda A, Yamada Y, Nihira T. Identification of genes involved in the butyrolactone autoregulator cascade that modulates secondary metabolism in Streptomyces lavendulae FRI-5. Gene 2008; 425:9-16. [PMID: 18761063 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2008] [Revised: 07/25/2008] [Accepted: 07/28/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The gamma-butyrolactone-autoregulator signalling system is widely distributed across many Streptomyces species and it controls secondary metabolism and/or morphological differentiation. IM-2 [(2R,3R,1'R)-2-1'-hydroxybutyl-3-hydroxymethyl-gamma-butanolide] is a gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator which, in Streptomyces lavendulae FRI-5, switches off the production of D-cycloserine, but switches on the production of several nucleoside antibiotics and blue pigment. In the IM-2 system, an IM-2 specific receptor (FarA) plays a critical role in the biosynthetic regulation of these metabolites, including IM-2 itself. Here, we identified five additional regulatory genes in the farA-flanking region and demonstrated that, in addition to farA, at least two more genes (farR1 and farR2) are involved in the IM-2/FarA system as the direct transcriptional target of FarA. The gel-shift assay revealed that FarA was bound to the upstream region of the four genes (including farR1 and farR2) in an IM-2-dependent manner. The FarA-binding sites were localized by DNase I footprinting to 27- to 33-bp palindromic structures, suggesting that FarA-binding sequences consist of two conserved hexamers separated by six nucleotides. Both farR1 and farR2 were transcribed in a growth-dependent manner, and marked expression was induced in the presence of IM-2, whereas transcripts of other two genes were not detected under the cultivation conditions used. The FarA-binding sites of farR1 and far2 overlap the promoter regions, suggesting that FarA represses the transcription of these two genes in the absence of IM-2 by inhibiting RNA polymerase access.
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- Shigeru Kitani
- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Kitani S, Hoshika M, Nihira T. Disruption of sscR encoding a γ-butyrolactone autoregulator receptor in Streptomyces scabies NBRC 12914 affects production of secondary metabolites. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2008; 53:115-24. [DOI: 10.1007/s12223-008-0017-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2007] [Revised: 11/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Regulation of the synthesis of the angucyclinone antibiotic alpomycin in Streptomyces ambofaciens by the autoregulator receptor AlpZ and its specific ligand. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:3293-305. [PMID: 18296523 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01989-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Streptomyces ambofaciens produces an orange pigment and the antibiotic alpomycin, both of which are products of a type II polyketide synthase gene cluster identified in each of the terminal inverted repeats of the linear chromosome. Five regulatory genes encoding Streptomyces antibiotic regulatory proteins (alpV, previously shown to be an essential activator gene; alpT; and alpU) and TetR family receptors (alpZ and alpW) were detected in this cluster. Here, we demonstrate that AlpZ, which shows high similarity to gamma-butyrolactone receptors, is at the top of a pathway-specific regulatory hierarchy that prevents synthesis of the alp polyketide products. Deletion of the two copies of alpZ resulted in the precocious production of both alpomycin and the orange pigment, suggesting a repressor role for AlpZ. Consistent with this, expression of the five alp-located regulatory genes and of two representative biosynthetic structural genes (alpA and alpR) was induced earlier in the alpZ deletion strain. Furthermore, recombinant AlpZ was shown to bind to specific DNA sequences within the promoter regions of alpZ, alpV, and alpXW, suggesting direct transcriptional control of these genes by AlpZ. Analysis of solvent extracts of S. ambofaciens cultures identified the existence of a factor which induces precocious production of alpomycin and pigment in the wild-type strain and which can disrupt the binding of AlpZ to its DNA targets. This activity is reminiscent of gamma-butyrolactone-type molecules. However, the AlpZ-interacting molecule(s) was shown to be resistant to an alkali treatment capable of inactivating gamma-butyrolactones, suggesting that the AlpZ ligand(s) does not possess a lactone functional group.
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Choi SU, Kim MK, Ha HS, Hwang YI. In vivo functions of the gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator receptor in Streptomyces ambofaciens producing spiramycin. Biotechnol Lett 2007; 30:891-7. [PMID: 18058070 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9613-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A gene encoding a gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator receptor was cloned in to E. coli from Streptomyces ambofaciens producing spiramycin, a macrolide antibiotic used in both veterinary medicine and human medicine. A 714-bp intact receptor gene (saaR) was obtained by PCR and genomic Southern hybridization with the 100-bp PCR product as a probe. To clarify the in vivo function of saaR, a saaR-disrupted strain was constructed by means of homologous recombination, and phenotypes were compared with those of the wild-type strain. The number of saaR-disruptant spores was 4-fold less than that of the wild-type strain. In addition, saaR deletion from the S. ambofaciens chromosome resulted in complete loss of spiramycin production suggesting that saaR is a rare positive regulator, controlling both spiramycin biosynthesis and sporulation.
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- Sun-Uk Choi
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyungnam University, Masan, 631-701, Republic of Korea
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Horinouchi S, Beppu T. Hormonal control by A-factor of morphological development and secondary metabolism in Streptomyces. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2007; 83:277-295. [PMID: 24367152 PMCID: PMC3859367 DOI: 10.2183/pjab/83.277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2007] [Accepted: 10/25/2007] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Streptomyces griseus, a well-known industrial producer of streptomycin, is a member of the genus Streptomyces, which shows a complex life cycle resembling that of fungi. A-factor, a C13 γ-butyrolactone compound, was discovered as a self-regulatory factor or a bacterial hormone to induce morphological differentiation and production of secondary metabolites, including streptomycin, in this organism. Accumulating evidence has revealed an A-factor-triggered signal cascade, which is composed of several key steps or components. These include: (i) AfsA catalyzing a crucial step of A-factor biosynthesis, (ii) the A-factor-specific receptor (ArpA), which acts as a transcriptional repressor for adpA, (iii) adpA, a sole target of ArpA, which encodes a global transcriptional activator AdpA, and (iv) a variety of members of the AdpA regulon, a set of the genes regulated by AdpA. A-factor is biosynthesized via five reaction steps, in which AfsA catalyzes acyl transfer between a β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein and the hydroxyl group of dihydroxyacetone phosphate. The receptor ArpA, belonging to the TetR family, is a homodimer, each subunit of which contains a helix-turn-helix DNA-binding motif and an A-factor-binding pocket. The three-dimensional structure and conformational change upon binding A-factor are elucidated, on the basis of X-ray crystallography of CprB, an ArpA homologue. AdpA, belonging to the AraC/XylS transcriptional activator family, binds operators upstream from the promoters of a variety of the target genes and activates their transcription, thus forming the AdpA regulon. Members of the AdpA regulon includes the pathway-specific transcriptional activator gene strR that activates the whole streptomycin biosynthesis gene cluster, in addition to a number of genes that direct the multiple cellular functions required for cellular differentiation in a concerted manner. A variety of A-factor homologues as well as homologues of afsA/arpA are distributed widely among Streptomyces, indicating the significant role of this type of molecular signaling in the ecosystem and evolutional processes.
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- Sueharu Horinouchi
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo,
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- Advanced Research Institute for the Science and Humanities, Nihon University, Tokyo,
Japan
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Arakawa K, Mochizuki S, Yamada K, Noma T, Kinashi H. gamma-Butyrolactone autoregulator-receptor system involved in lankacidin and lankamycin production and morphological differentiation in Streptomyces rochei. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2007; 153:1817-1827. [PMID: 17526839 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/002170-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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An afsA homologue (srrX) and three gamma-butyrolactone receptor gene homologues (srrA, srrB and srrC) are coded on the giant linear plasmid pSLA2-L in Streptomyces rochei 7434AN4, a producer of two polyketide antibiotics, lankacidin and lankamycin. Construction of gene disruptants and their phenotypic study revealed that srrX and srrA make a gamma-butyrolactone receptor system in this strain. Addition of a gamma-butyrolactone fraction to an srrX-deficient mutant restored the production of lankacidin and lankamycin, indicating that the SrrX protein is not necessary for this event. In addition to a positive effect on antibiotic production, srrX showed a negative effect on morphological differentiation. The receptor gene srrA reversed both effects of srrX, while the second receptor gene homologue srrC had only a positive function in spore formation. Furthermore, disruption of the third homologue srrB greatly increased the production of lankacidin and lankamycin. Electron microscopic analysis showed that aerial mycelium formation stopped at a different stage in the srrA and srrC mutants. Overall, these results indicated that srrX, srrA, srrB and srrC constitute a complex regulatory system for antibiotic production and morphological differentiation in S. rochei.
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- Kenji Arakawa
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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Santamarta I, López-García MT, Pérez-Redondo R, Koekman B, Martín JF, Liras P. Connecting primary and secondary metabolism: AreB, an IclR‐like protein, binds the ARE
ccaR
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and modulates leucine biosynthesis and cephamycin C and clavulanic acid production. Mol Microbiol 2007; 66:511-24. [PMID: 17877708 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05937.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A protein binding to the autoregulatory element (ARE) upstream of the regulatory ccaR gene of Streptomyces clavuligerus was isolated previously by DNA affinity binding. The areB gene, encoding this protein, is located upstream and in opposite orientation to the leuCD operon of S. clavuligerus; it encodes a 239-amino-acid protein of the IclR family with a helix-turn-helix motif at the N-terminal region. An areB-deleted mutant, S. clavuligerusDeltaareB, has been constructed by gene replacement. This strain requires leucine for optimal growth in defined media. Expression of the leuCD operon is retarded in S. clavuligerusDeltaareB, because AreB binds the areB-leuCD intergenic region acting as a positive modulator. Clavulanic acid and cephamycin C production are improved in the DeltaareB mutant although no drastic difference in ccaR expression was observed. Pure recombinant AreB protein does not bind the ARE(ccaR) sequence (as shown by EMSA) unless filtered extracts from S. clavuligerus ATCC 27064-containing molecules of Mr lower than 10 kDa are added to the binding reaction. Restoration of binding to the ARE(ccaR) sequence is not observed when filtered extracts are obtained from the DeltaareB mutant, suggesting that biosynthesis of the small-molecular-weight effector is also controlled by AreB.
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- Irene Santamarta
- Instituto de Biotecnología de León INBIOTEC, Parque Científico de León, Avda, Real, 1, 24006 León, Spain
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Pulsawat N, Kitani S, Nihira T. Characterization of biosynthetic gene cluster for the production of virginiamycin M, a streptogramin type A antibiotic, in Streptomyces virginiae. Gene 2007; 393:31-42. [PMID: 17350183 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2006] [Revised: 12/25/2006] [Accepted: 12/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Virginiamycin M (VM) of Streptomyces virginiae is a hybrid polyketide-peptide antibiotic with peptide antibiotic virginiamycin S (VS) as its synergistic counterpart. VM and VS belong to the Streptogramin family, which is characterized by strong synergistic antibacterial activity, and their water-soluble derivatives are a new therapeutic option for combating vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive bacteria. Here, the VM biosynthetic gene cluster was isolated from S. virginiae in the 62-kb region located in the vicinity of the regulatory island for virginiamycin production. Sequence analysis revealed that the region consists of 19 complete open reading frames (ORFs) and one C-terminally truncated ORF, encoding hybrid polyketide synthase (PKS)-nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS), typical PKS, enzymes synthesizing precursors for VM, transporters for resistance, regulatory proteins, and auxiliary enzymes. The involvement of the cloned gene cluster in VM biosynthesis was confirmed by gene disruption of virA encoding a hybrid PKS-NRPS megasynthetase, which resulted in complete loss of VM production without any effect on VS production. To assemble the VM core structure, VirA, VirF, VirG, and VirH consisting, as a whole, of 24 domains in 8 PKS modules and 7 domains in 2 NRPS modules were predicted to act as an acyltransferase (AT)-less hybrid PKS-NRPS, whereas VirB, VirC, VirD, and VirE are likely to be essential for the incorporation of the methyl group into the VM framework by a HMG-CoA synthase-based reaction. Among several uncommon features of gene organization in the VM gene cluster, the lack of AT domain in every PKS module and the presence of a discrete AT encoded by virI are notable. AT-overexpression by an additional copy of virI driven by ermEp() resulted in 1.5-fold increase of VM production, suggesting that the amount of VirI is partly limiting VM biosynthesis.
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MESH Headings
- Acyltransferases/metabolism
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/biosynthesis
- Bacterial Proteins/chemistry
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Base Pairing/genetics
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family/genetics
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Peptide Synthases/metabolism
- Phylogeny
- Polyketide Synthases/chemistry
- Polyketide Synthases/metabolism
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Recombination, Genetic/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, Protein
- Streptogramins/biosynthesis
- Streptogramins/chemistry
- Streptomyces/genetics
- Streptomyces/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
- Virginiamycin/biosynthesis
- Virginiamycin/chemistry
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- Nattika Pulsawat
- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Pulsawat N, Kitani S, Kinoshita H, Lee CK, Nihira T. Identification of the bkdAB gene cluster, a plausible source of the starter-unit for virginiamycin M production in Streptomyces virginiae. Arch Microbiol 2007; 187:459-66. [PMID: 17375285 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0212-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2006] [Revised: 10/18/2006] [Accepted: 01/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The bkdAB gene cluster, which encodes plausible E1 and E2 components of the branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase (BCDH) complex, was isolated from Streptomyces virginiae in the vicinity of a regulatory island for virginiamycin production. Gene disruption of bkdA completely abolished the production of virginiamycin M (a polyketide-peptide antibiotic), while the production of virginiamycin S (a cyclodepsipeptide antibiotic) was unaffected. Complementation of the bkdA disruptant by genome-integration of intact bkdA completely restored the virginiamycin M production, indicating that the bkdAB cluster is essential for virginiamycin M biosynthesis, plausibly via the provision of isobutyryl-CoA as a primer unit. In contrast to a feature usually seen in the Streptomyces E1 component, namely, the separate encoding of the alpha and beta subunits, S. virginiae bkdA seemed to encode the fused form of the alpha and beta subunits, which was verified by the actual catalytic activity of the fused protein in vitro using recombinant BkdA overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Supply of an additional bkdA gene under the strong and constitutive promoter ermE* in the wild-type strain of S. virginiae resulted in enhanced production of virginiamycin M, suggesting that the supply of isobutyryl-CoA is one of the rate-limiting factors in the biosynthesis of virginiamycin M.
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- Nattika Pulsawat
- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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Kato JY, Funa N, Watanabe H, Ohnishi Y, Horinouchi S. Biosynthesis of gamma-butyrolactone autoregulators that switch on secondary metabolism and morphological development in Streptomyces. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:2378-83. [PMID: 17277085 PMCID: PMC1892969 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607472104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A factor (2-isocapryloyl-3R-hydroxymethyl-gamma-butyrolactone) is a representative of the gamma-butyrolactone autoregulators that trigger secondary metabolism and morphogenesis in the Gram-positive, filamentous bacterial genus Streptomyces. Here, we report the A factor biosynthesis pathway in Streptomyces griseus. The monomeric AfsA, containing a tandem repeat domain of approximately 80 aa, catalyzed beta-ketoacyl transfer from 8-methyl-3-oxononanoyl-acyl carrier protein to the hydroxyl group of dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP), thus producing an 8-methyl-3-oxononanoyl-DHAP ester. The fatty acid ester was nonenzymatically converted to a butenolide phosphate by intramolecular aldol condensation. The butenolide phosphate was then reduced by BprA that was encoded just downstream of afsA. The phosphate group on the resultant butanolide was finally removed by a phosphatase, resulting in formation of A factor. The 8-methyl-3-oxononanoyl-DHAP ester produced by the action of AfsA was also converted to A factor in an alternative way; the phosphate group on the ester was first removed by a phosphatase and the dephosphorylated ester was converted nonenzymatically to a butenolide, which was then reduced by a reductase different from BprA, resulting in A factor. Because introduction of afsA alone into Escherichia coli caused the host to produce a substance having A factor activity, the reductase(s) and phosphatase(s) were not specific to the A factor biosynthesis but commonly present in bacteria. AfsA is thus the key enzyme for the biosynthesis of gamma-butyrolactones.
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- Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Shindo T, Takahashi T, Nihira T, Yamada Y, Kato K, Shinmyo A. Streptomyces-derived induction system for gene expression in cultured plant cells. J Biosci Bioeng 2006; 102:552-9. [PMID: 17270721 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.102.552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2006] [Accepted: 09/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We have constructed an induction system for plant gene expression using an operator/repressor gene pair of Streptomyces virginiae. In this system, the repressor protein BarA dissociates from the operator sequence BARE in the presence of an inducer virginiae butanolide (VB), resulting in the induction of the transcription of the operator's downstream genes required for virginiamycin biosynthesis [Kinoshita et al., J. Bacteriol., 179, 6986-6993 ((1997))]. Two vectors were constructed: one was an effector plasmid, in which BarA was driven by plant promoters, and the other was a reporter plasmid, in which the BARE sequence was incorporated into the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter to express the Escherichia coli beta-glucuronidase gene (GUS). An electroporation-mediated gene expression assay with cultured tobacco cells showed that GUS expression from the reporter plasmid was repressed upon coexpression with the effector plasmid and that the repression was relieved by VB. The result of electroporation to insert the reporter plasmid with various numbers and positions of BAREs into tobacco cells that had been transformed with the effector plasmid showed that the GUS induction by derepression increases with the number of BAREs and with BAREs downstream rather than upstream of the TATA box. Double transformants with the effector and reporter plasmids showed 30-fold induction with VB. The induction appeared within 8 h after VB addition, maximum induction being observed with 1 microM VB.
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- Takuya Shindo
- Life Science Research Laboratories, Life Science RD Center, Kaneka Corporation, 1-8 Miyamae-machi, Takasago-cho, Takasago, Hyogo 676-8688, Japan
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Takano E. Gamma-butyrolactones: Streptomyces signalling molecules regulating antibiotic production and differentiation. Curr Opin Microbiol 2006; 9:287-94. [PMID: 16675291 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2006] [Accepted: 04/20/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Small signalling molecules called gamma-butyrolactones are mainly produced by Streptomyces species in which they regulate antibiotic production and morphological differentiation. Their molecular mechanism of action has recently been unravelled in several streptomycetes, revealing a diverse and complex system. Gamma-butyrolactones and their receptors also occur in some other Actinobacteria, suggesting that this is a general regulatory system for antibiotic production. The gamma-butyrolactones bind to receptors, many of which are involved in regulation of specific antibiotic biosynthesis clusters. The importance of understanding how secondary metabolites are regulated and how environmental and physiological signals are sensed highlights the relevance of studying this system.
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- Eriko Takano
- Mikrobiologie/Biotechnologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn Str 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Cundliffe E. Antibiotic production by actinomycetes: the Janus faces of regulation. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 33:500-6. [PMID: 16463161 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-006-0083-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2005] [Accepted: 01/10/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This manuscript reviews some of the common regulatory mechanisms that control antibiotic production in actinomycetes. These ubiquitous bacteria, collectively responsible for the earthy smell of soil, are prolific producers of antibiotics and other secondary metabolites. The content of this review is biased towards the author's current research interests, concerning the action of regulatory gene products that control transcription of antibiotic-biosynthetic genes and the associated involvement of low molecular weight signalling molecules of the gamma-butyrolactone family. As a result, much fertile ground remains unturned particularly in the area of environmental monitoring and responses of actinomycetes to stimuli so perceived. Reviews casting a broader net are cited in the text.
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- Eric Cundliffe
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, LE1 9HN, Leicester, UK.
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Lee KM, Lee CK, Choi SU, Park HR, Kitani S, Nihira T, Hwang YI. Cloning and in vivo functional analysis by disruption of a gene encoding the gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator receptor from Streptomyces natalensis. Arch Microbiol 2005; 184:249-57. [PMID: 16228193 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0047-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2005] [Revised: 09/15/2005] [Accepted: 09/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A gene encoding a gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator receptor, which has a common activity as DNA-binding transcriptional repressors controlling secondary metabolism and/or morphological differentiation in Streptomyces, was cloned from a natamycin producer, Streptomyces natalensis. PCR using the primers designed for the two highly conserved regions of Streptomyces autoregulator receptors (BarA, FarA, ScbR, and ArpA) gave a 102-bp band. The sequence of this band had a high similarity to the expected region of a receptor gene. By genomic Southern hybridization with the 102-bp insert as a probe, a 687-bp intact receptor gene (sngR) was obtained from S. natalensis. To clarify the in vivo function of sngR, a sngR-disrupted strain was constructed, and the phenotypes were compared with those of the wild-type strain. The sngR-disruptants started natamycin production 6 h earlier and showed a 4.6-fold higher production of natamycin than the wild-type strain. In addition, the sporulation began earlier and the number of spores was tenfold more abundant than that of the wild-type strain. All the phenotypes were restored back to the original phenotypes of the wild-type strain by complementation with the intact sngR, indicating that the autoregulator receptor protein of S. natalensis acts as a primary negative regulator both on the biosynthesis of natamycin and sporulation.
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- Kang-Mu Lee
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Division of Life Science, Kyungnam University, 449 Wolyong-Dong, Masan 631-701, Republic of Korea
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While the biological functions of most of the secondary metabolites made by streptomycetes are not known, it is inconceivable that they do not play an adaptive ecological role. The biosynthesis of secondary metabolites under laboratory conditions usually occurs in a growth phase or developmentally controlled manner, but is also influenced by a wide variety of environmental and physiological signals, presumably reflecting the range of conditions that trigger their production in nature. The expression of secondary metabolic gene clusters is controlled by many different families of regulatory proteins, some of which are found only in actinomycetes, and is elicited by both extracellular and intracellular signalling molecules. The application of a variety of genetic and molecular approaches is now beginning to reveal fascinating insights into the complex regulatory cascades that govern this process.
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- Mervyn J Bibb
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
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Santamarta I, Pérez-Redondo R, Lorenzana LM, Martín JF, Liras P. Different proteins bind to the butyrolactone receptor protein ARE sequence located upstream of the regulatory ccaR gene of Streptomyces clavuligerus. Mol Microbiol 2005; 56:824-35. [PMID: 15819635 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04581.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cell-free extracts from Streptomyces clavuligerus, purified by elution from heparin-agarose with an ARE-containing DNA fragment or by salt elution chromatography, bind to a 26 nt ARE sequence, for butyrolactone receptor proteins (ARE(ccaR)). This sequence is [corrected] located upstream of the ccaR gene, encoding [corrected] the activator protein CcaR required for clavulanic acid and cephamycin C biosynthesis. The binding is specific for the ARE sequence as shown by competition with a 34 nt unlabelled probe identical to the ARE sequence. A brp gene, encoding a butyrolactone receptor protein, was cloned from S. clavuligerus. Sixty-one nucleotides upstream of brp another ARE sequence (ARE(brp)) was found, suggesting that Brp autoregulates its expression. Pure recombinant rBrp protein binds specifically to the ARE sequences present upstream of ccaR and brp. A brp-deleted mutant, S. clavuligerus Deltabrp::neo1, produced 150-300% clavulanic acid and 120-220% cephamycin C as compared with the parental strain, suggesting that Brp exerts a repressor role in antibiotic biosynthesis. EMSA assays using affinity chromatography extracts from the deletion mutant S. clavuligerus Deltabrp::neo1 lacked a high-mobility band-shift due to Brp but still showed a [corrected] slow-mobility band-shift observed in the wild-type strain. These results indicate that two different proteins bind specifically to the ARE sequence and modulate clavulanic acid and cephamycin C [corrected] biosynthesis by its action on ccaR gene expression.
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- Irene Santamarta
- Area de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
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Ramos JL, Martínez-Bueno M, Molina-Henares AJ, Terán W, Watanabe K, Zhang X, Gallegos MT, Brennan R, Tobes R. The TetR family of transcriptional repressors. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2005; 69:326-56. [PMID: 15944459 PMCID: PMC1197418 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.69.2.326-356.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 819] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have developed a general profile for the proteins of the TetR family of repressors. The stretch that best defines the profile of this family is made up of 47 amino acid residues that correspond to the helix-turn-helix DNA binding motif and adjacent regions in the three-dimensional structures of TetR, QacR, CprB, and EthR, four family members for which the function and three-dimensional structure are known. We have detected a set of 2,353 nonredundant proteins belonging to this family by screening genome and protein databases with the TetR profile. Proteins of the TetR family have been found in 115 genera of gram-positive, alpha-, beta-, and gamma-proteobacteria, cyanobacteria, and archaea. The set of genes they regulate is known for 85 out of the 2,353 members of the family. These proteins are involved in the transcriptional control of multidrug efflux pumps, pathways for the biosynthesis of antibiotics, response to osmotic stress and toxic chemicals, control of catabolic pathways, differentiation processes, and pathogenicity. The regulatory network in which the family member is involved can be simple, as in TetR (i.e., TetR bound to the target operator represses tetA transcription and is released in the presence of tetracycline), or more complex, involving a series of regulatory cascades in which either the expression of the TetR family member is modulated by another regulator or the TetR family member triggers a cell response to react to environmental insults. Based on what has been learned from the cocrystals of TetR and QacR with their target operators and from their three-dimensional structures in the absence and in the presence of ligands, and based on multialignment analyses of the conserved stretch of 47 amino acids in the 2,353 TetR family members, two groups of residues have been identified. One group includes highly conserved positions involved in the proper orientation of the helix-turn-helix motif and hence seems to play a structural role. The other set of less conserved residues are involved in establishing contacts with the phosphate backbone and target bases in the operator. Information related to the TetR family of regulators has been updated in a database that can be accessed at www.bactregulators.org.
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- Juan L Ramos
- Department of Plant Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Granada, Spain.
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Choi SU, Lee CK, Hwang YI, Kinoshita H, Nihira T. Cloning and functional analysis by gene disruption of a gene encoding a gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator receptor from Kitasatospora setae. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:3423-30. [PMID: 15150228 PMCID: PMC415744 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.11.3423-3430.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator receptors of the genus Streptomyces have a common activity as DNA-binding transcriptional repressors, controlling secondary metabolism and/or morphological differentiation. A gene encoding a gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator receptor was cloned from a bafilomycin B1 producer, Kitasatospora setae, for the first time from a non-Streptomyces genus of actinomycetes, and its function was evaluated by in vitro and in vivo analyses. The gene fragment was initially cloned by PCR with primers designed from two highly conserved regions of Streptomyces autoregulator receptors (BarA, FarA, ScbR, and ArpA), followed by genomic Southern hybridization yielding a 7-kb BamHI fragment on which a 654-bp receptor gene (ksbA) was identified. The recombinant KsbA protein demonstrated clear binding activity toward 3H-labeled autoregulators, especially toward [3H]SCB1, confirming that ksbA encodes a real autoregulator receptor of K. setae. To clarify the in vivo function of ksbA, a ksbA-disrupted strain was constructed by means of homologous recombination after introducing a ksbA disruption construct via transconjugation from Escherichia coli. No difference in morphology was found between the wild-type strain and the ksbA disruptants. However, the ksbA disruptants started producing bafilomycin 18 h earlier than the wild-type strain and showed a 2.4-fold-higher accumulation of bafilomycin. The phenotype was restored to the original wild-type phenotype by complementation with intact ksbA, indicating that the autoregulator receptor protein of K. setae acts as a primary negative regulator of the biosynthesis of bafilomycin but plays no role in cytodifferentiation of K. setae. This indicates that, unlike the A-factor receptor of Streptomyces griseus, the autoregulator receptor (ksbA) of K. setae belongs to a family of autoregulator receptors which control secondary metabolism but play no role in morphological differentiation.
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- Sun-Uk Choi
- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Kato JY, Miyahisa I, Mashiko M, Ohnishi Y, Horinouchi S. A single target is sufficient to account for the biological effects of the A-factor receptor protein of Streptomyces griseus. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:2206-11. [PMID: 15028707 PMCID: PMC374422 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.7.2206-2211.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In the model of the A-factor (2-isocapryloyl-3R-hydroxymethyl-gamma-butyrolactone) regulatory cascade in Streptomyces griseus, A-factor binds ArpA, the A-factor receptor protein, that has bound to the adpA promoter and dissociates it from the DNA, thus inducing the transcription of adpA. AdpA switches on the transcription of a number of genes required for secondary metabolism and morphological differentiation, forming an AdpA regulon. Consistent with this model, arpA null mutants produced streptomycin and a yellow pigment in larger amounts and formed aerial hyphae from an earlier growth stage than the wild-type strain. On the other hand, mutant MK2, expressing a mutant ArpA (Trp119Ala), neither produced secondary metabolites nor formed aerial hyphae, because this A-factor-insensitive mutant ArpA always bound to and repressed the adpA promoter due to the amino acid replacement of Trp-119 with Ala. Introduction of adpA under the control of a foreign promoter into mutant MK2 restored all of the phenotypes that we could observe, which suggests that the only significant target of ArpA is adpA. In contrast to other gamma-butyrolactone regulatory systems, disruption of arpA had no effect on A-factor production, indicating that ArpA does not regulate A-factor biosynthesis. Instead, A-factor production was found to be repressed by AdpA in a two-step regulatory feedback loop.
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- Jun-ya Kato
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Wang L, Vining LC. Control of growth, secondary metabolism and sporulation in Streptomyces venezuelae ISP5230 by jadW(1), a member of the afsA family of gamma-butyrolactone regulatory genes. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2003; 149:1991-2004. [PMID: 12904539 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26209-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Three new genes (jadW(1), jadW(2) and jadW(3)) were isolated from a region of the Streptomyces venezuelae ISP5230 chromosome at the left-hand end of the jad cluster for jadomycin B (JdB) biosynthesis. The deduced amino acid sequence of jadW(1) showed strong similarity to gene products associated in several streptomycetes with gamma-butyrolactone autoregulators controlling morphological differentiation and secondary metabolism. Examination of JadW(1) for conserved domains detected a repeat sequence characteristic of proteins in the AfsA regulatory family. Insertional inactivation of jadW(1) reduced the growth rate of S. venezuelae cultures in aerated liquid media containing complex nitrogen sources and altered growth morphology in minimal medium. It also affected sporulation on agar media. Cultures of jadW(1)-disrupted mutants grown under conditions supporting biosynthesis of JdB or chloramphenicol by the wild-type strain failed to produce either of the antibiotics. Complementing the disrupted strain by transformation with pJV435, containing a cloned copy of the gene, improved sporulation and restored antibiotic biosynthesis in transformants to titres close to those of the wild-type similarly transformed with pJV435 as a control. The results are consistent with a role for jadW(1) in regulating morphological and metabolic differentiation. Further sequence analysis of jadR(2), which functions with jadR(1) in stress-induced activation of JdB biosynthesis, indicated that this gene encodes a gamma-butyrolactone receptor homologue. The growth-rate-sensitive phenotype of the jadW(1)-disrupted mutant, and the proximity of jadW(1) to jadR(2) indicate that this region of the jad gene cluster contains a regulatory mechanism incorporating gamma-butyrolactone signalling and sensitivity to environmental stress.
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- Liru Wang
- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J1
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- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J1
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Shikura N, Yamamura J, Nihira T. barS1, a gene for biosynthesis of a gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator, a microbial signaling molecule eliciting antibiotic production in Streptomyces species. J Bacteriol 2002; 184:5151-7. [PMID: 12193632 PMCID: PMC135320 DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.18.5151-5157.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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From Streptomyces virginiae, in which production of streptogramin antibiotic virginiamycin M(1) and S is tightly regulated by a low-molecular-weight Streptomyces hormone called virginiae butanolide (VB), which is a member of the gamma-butyrolactone autoregulators, the hormone biosynthetic gene (barS1) was cloned and characterized by heterologous expression in Escherichia coli and by gene disruption in S. virginiae. The barS1 gene (a 774-bp open reading frame encoding a 257-amino-acid protein [M(r), 27,095]) is situated in the 10-kb regulator island surrounding the VB-specific receptor gene, barA. The deduced BarS1 protein is weakly homologous to beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein/coenzyme A reductase and belongs to the superfamily of short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase. The function of the BarS1 protein in VB biosynthesis was confirmed by BarS1-dependent in vitro conversion of 6-dehydro-VB-A to VB-A, the last catalytic step in VB biosynthesis. Of the four possible enantiomeric products from racemic 6-dehydro-VB-A as a substrate, only the natural enantiomer of (2R,3R,6S)-VB-A was produced by the purified recombinant BarS1 (rBarS1), indicating that rBarS1 is the stereospecific reductase recognizing (3R)-isomer as a substrate and reducing it stereospecifically to the (6S) product. In the DeltabarS1 mutant created by homologous recombination, the production of VB as well as the production of virginiamycin was lost. The production of virginiamycin by the DeltabarS1 mutant was fully recovered by the external addition of VB to the culture, which indicates that the barS1 gene is essential in the biosynthesis of the autoregulator VBs in S. virginiae and that the failure of virginiamycin production was a result of the loss of VB production.
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- Noriyasu Shikura
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Stratigopoulos G, Gandecha AR, Cundliffe E. Regulation of tylosin production and morphological differentiation in Streptomyces fradiae by TylP, a deduced gamma-butyrolactone receptor. Mol Microbiol 2002; 45:735-44. [PMID: 12139619 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03044.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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During promoter-probe analysis carried out in Streptomyces lividans, the TylP protein powerfully inhibited reporter gene expression from the tylP promoter, raising the likelihood that tylP is autoregulated in its native host, Streptomyces fradiae. Also in S. lividans, TylP negatively controlled the tylQ promoter, even though tylQ could still be switched off in S. fradiae strains specifically disrupted in tylP. Under the latter conditions, tylosin production was brought forward and enhanced, whereas overexpression of tylP resulted in reduced levels of the antibiotic, accompanied by barely detectable transcription from multiple genes of the tylosin biosynthetic cluster. Unexpectedly, overexpression of tylP reduced transcription of tylS, a transcriptional activator essential for tylosin production. This was probably a direct effect, as TylP also reduced expression from the tylS promoter in S. lividans. For these several reasons, we conclude that TylP acts as a repressor during tylosin biosynthesis. In addition, TylP influences morphological differentiation in S. fradiae. On solid media, strains in which tylP was disrupted sporulated significantly earlier than wild type and, in liquid culture, displayed hyperfragmentation.
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Namwat W, Kamioka Y, Kinoshita H, Yamada Y, Nihira T. Characterization of virginiamycin S biosynthetic genes from Streptomyces virginiae. Gene 2002; 286:283-90. [PMID: 11943483 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(02)00424-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Streptomyces virginiae produces -butyrolactone autoregulators (virginiae butanolide, VB), which control the biosynthesis of virginiamycin M1 and S. A 6.3-kb region downstream of the virginiamycin S (VS)-resistance operon in S. virginiae was sequenced, and four plausible open reading frames (ORFs) (visA, 1,260 bp; visB, 1,656 bp; visC, 888 bp; visD, 1209 bp) were identified. Homology analysis revealed significant similarities with enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of cyclopeptolide antibiotics: VisA (53% identity, 65% similarity) to -lysine 2-aminotransferase (NikC) of nikkomycin D biosynthesis, VisB (66% identity, 72% similarity) to 3-hydroxypicolinic acid:AMP ligase of pristinamycin I biosynthesis, VisC (48% identity, 59% similarity) to lysine cyclodeaminase of ascomycin biosynthesis, and VisD (43% identity, 56% similarity) to erythromycin C-22 hydroxylase of erythromycin biosynthesis. Northern blotting as well as high-resolution S1 analysis of the ORFs revealed that they were transcribed as two bicistronic transcripts, namely 3.0-kb visB-visA and another 2.7-kb visC-visD transcript, with promoters locating upstream of visB and visC, respectively. Transcription of the two operons was observed only 1 h after the VB production, which was 2 h before the virginiamycin production. Furthermore, prompt induction of the transcription was observed as a result of external VB addition, suggesting that the expression of the two operons was under the control of VB.
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- Wises Namwat
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Miyamoto Y, Johdo O, Nagamatsu Y, Yoshimoto A. Cloning and characterization of a glycosyltransferase gene involved in the biosynthesis of anthracycline antibiotic beta-rhodomycin from Streptomyces violaceus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002; 206:163-8. [PMID: 11814657 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11003.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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A glycosyltransferase gene, rhoG, involved in the biosynthesis of the anthracycline antibiotic beta-rhodomycin was isolated as a 4.1-kb DNA fragment containing rhoG and its flanking region from Streptomyces violaceus by degenerate and inverse PCR. Sequencing analysis showed that rhoG was located in a gene cluster involved in the biosynthesis of the constitutive deoxysugar of beta-rhodomycin. The function of rhoG was verified by gene disruption, which was generated by replacing the internal 0.9-kb region of S. violaceus chromosome with a fragment including the SacI-blunted region. The rhoG disruption resulted in complete loss of beta-rhodomycin productivity, along with the accumulation of a non-glycosyl intermediate epsilon-rhodomycinone. In addition, the complementation test demonstrated that rhoG restored beta-rhodomycin production in this gene disruptant. These results indicated that rhoG is the glycosyltransferase gene responsible for the glycosylation of epsilon-rhodomycinone in beta-rhodomycin biosynthesis.
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- Yuji Miyamoto
- Department of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
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Stratigopoulos G, Cundliffe E. Expression analysis of the tylosin-biosynthetic gene cluster: pivotal regulatory role of the tylQ product. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 2002; 9:71-8. [PMID: 11841940 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(01)00095-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Expression analysis by RT-PCR, applied to the entire tyl cluster, revealed that the pattern of transcription is more complex than expected. For example, the five tylG polyketide synthase genes are not necessarily cotranscribed or even coregulated. Among the regulatory genes, tylQ has emerged as a key factor. Although several genes (including the positive regulator, tylS) were possibly expressed constitutively, only tylQ was silent during secondary metabolism. Analysis of engineered strains, in which tylQ was disrupted or overexpressed, showed that the TylQ protein is a transcriptional repressor that blocks tylosin biosynthesis by controlling expression of the activator, tylR. Before tylosin production can be triggered, tylQ must be switched off, or at least downregulated.
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- George Stratigopoulos
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Folcher M, Gaillard H, Nguyen LT, Nguyen KT, Lacroix P, Bamas-Jacques N, Rinkel M, Thompson CJ. Pleiotropic functions of a Streptomyces pristinaespiralis autoregulator receptor in development, antibiotic biosynthesis, and expression of a superoxide dismutase. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:44297-306. [PMID: 11557748 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m101109200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In Streptomyces, a family of related butyrolactones and their corresponding receptor proteins serve as quorum-sensing systems that can activate morphological development and antibiotic biosynthesis. Streptomyces pristinaespiralis contains a gene cluster encoding enzymes and regulatory proteins for the biosynthesis of pristinamycin, a clinically important streptogramin antibiotic complex. One of these proteins, PapR1, belongs to a well known family of Streptomyces antibiotic regulatory proteins. Gel shift assays using crude cytoplasmic extracts detected SpbR, a developmentally regulated protein that bound to the papR1 promoter. SpbR was purified, and its gene was cloned using reverse genetics. spbR encoded a 25-kDa protein similar to Streptomyces autoregulatory proteins of the butyrolactone receptor family, including scbR from Streptomyces coelicolor. In Escherichia coli, purified SpbR and ScbR produced bound sequences immediately upstream of papR1, spbR, and scbR. SpbR DNA-binding activity was inhibited by an extracellular metabolite with chromatographic properties similar to those of the well known gamma-butyrolactone signaling compounds. DNase I protection assays mapped the SpbR-binding site in the papR1 promoter to a sequence homologous to other known butyrolactone autoregulatory elements. A nucleotide data base search showed that these binding motifs were primarily located upstream of genes encoding Streptomyces antibiotic regulatory proteins and butyrolactone receptors in various Streptomyces species. Disruption of the spbR gene in S. pristinaespiralis resulted in severe defects in growth, morphological differentiation, pristinamycin biosynthesis, and expression of a secreted superoxide dismutase.
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- M Folcher
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Biocenter, 70 Klingelbergstrasse, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Takano E, Chakraburtty R, Nihira T, Yamada Y, Bibb MJ. A complex role for the gamma-butyrolactone SCB1 in regulating antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Mol Microbiol 2001; 41:1015-28. [PMID: 11555283 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02562.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Many streptomycetes produce extracellular gamma-butyrolactones. In several cases, these have been shown to act as signals for the onset of antibiotic production. Synthesis of these molecules appears to require a member of the AfsA family of proteins (AfsA is required for A-factor synthesis of the gamma-butyrolactone A-factor and consequently for streptomycin production in Streptomyces griseus). An afsA homologue, scbA, was identified in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and was found to lie adjacent to a divergently transcribed gene, scbR, which encodes a gamma-butyrolactone binding protein. Gel retardation assays and DNase I footprinting studies revealed DNA binding sites for ScbR at - 4 to - 33 nt with respect to the scbA transcriptional start site, and at - 42 to - 68 nt with respect to the scbR transcriptional start site. Addition of the gamma-butyrolactone SCB1 of S. coelicolor resulted in loss of the DNA-binding ability of ScbR. A scbA mutant produced no gamma-butyrolactones, yet overproduced two antibiotics, actinorhodin (Act) and undecylprodigiosin (Red), whereas a deletion mutant of scbR also failed to make gamma-butyrolactones and showed delayed Red production. These phenotypes differ markedly from those expected by analogy with the S. griseus A-factor system. Furthermore, transcription of scbR increased, and that of scbA was abolished, in an scbR mutant, indicating that ScbR represses its own expression while activating that of scbA. In the scbA mutant, expression of both genes was greatly reduced. Addition of SCB1 to the scbA mutant induced transcription of scbR, but did not restore scbA expression, indicating that the deficiency in scbA transcription in the scbA mutant is not solely due to the inability to produce SCB1, and that ScbA is a positive autoregulator in addition to being required for gamma-butyrolactone production. Overall, these results indicate a complex mechanism for gamma-butyrolactone-mediated regulation of antibiotic biosynthesis in S. coelicolor.
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- E Takano
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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Kitani S, Yamada Y, Nihira T. Gene replacement analysis of the butyrolactone autoregulator receptor (FarA) reveals that FarA acts as a Novel regulator in secondary metabolism of Streptomyces lavendulae FRI-5. J Bacteriol 2001; 183:4357-63. [PMID: 11418577 PMCID: PMC95326 DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.14.4357-4363.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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IM-2 [(2R,3R,1'R)-2-1'-hydroxybutyl-3-hydroxymethyl gamma-butanolide] is a gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator which, in Streptomyces lavendulae FRI-5, switches off the production of D-cycloserine but switches on the production of a blue pigment and several nucleoside antibiotics. To clarify the in vivo function of an IM-2-specific receptor (FarA) in the IM-2 signaling cascade of S. lavendulae FRI-5, a farA deletion mutant was constructed by means of homologous recombination. On several solid media, no significant difference in morphology was observed between the wild-type strain and the farA mutant (strain K104), which demonstrated that the IM-2-FarA system does not participate in the morphological control of S. lavendulae FRI-5. In liquid media, the farA mutant overproduced nucleoside antibiotics and produced blue pigment earlier than did the wild-type strain, suggesting that the FarA protein acts primarily as a negative regulator on the biosynthesis of these compounds in the absence of IM-2. However, contrary to the IM-2-dependent suppression of D-cycloserine production in the wild-type strain, overproduction of D-cycloserine was observed in the farA mutant, indicating for the first time that the presence of both IM-2 and intact FarA are necessary for the suppression of D-cycloserine biosynthesis.
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- S Kitani
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Namwat W, Lee CK, Kinoshita H, Yamada Y, Nihira T. Identification of the varR gene as a transcriptional regulator of virginiamycin S resistance in Streptomyces virginiae. J Bacteriol 2001; 183:2025-31. [PMID: 11222601 PMCID: PMC95098 DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.6.2025-2031.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A gene designated varR (for virginiae antibiotic resistance regulator) was identified in Streptomyces virginiae 89 bp downstream of a varS gene encoding a virginiamycin S (VS)-specific transporter. The deduced varR product showed high homology to repressors of the TetR family with a conserved helix-turn-helix DNA binding motif. Purified recombinant VarR protein was present as a dimer in vitro and showed clear DNA binding activity toward the varS promoter region. This binding was abolished by the presence of VS, suggesting that VarR regulates transcription of varS in a VS-dependent manner. Northern blot analysis revealed that varR was cotranscribed with upstream varS as a 2.4-kb transcript and that VS acted as an inducer of bicistronic transcription. Deletion analysis of the varS promoter region clarified two adjacent VarR binding sites in the varS promoter.
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- W Namwat
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Kawachi R, Wangchaisoonthorn U, Nihira T, Yamada Y. Identification by gene deletion analysis of a regulator, VmsR, that controls virginiamycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces virginiae. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:6259-63. [PMID: 11029453 PMCID: PMC94767 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.21.6259-6263.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Virginiae butanolide (VB)-BarA of Streptomyces virginiae is one of the newly discovered pairs of a butyrolactone autoregulator and a corresponding receptor protein of Streptomyces species and regulates the production of the antibiotic virginiamycin (VM) in S. virginiae. The gene vmsR was found to be situated 4.7 kbp upstream of the barA gene, which encodes the VB-specific receptor. The vmsR product was predicted to be a regulator of VM biosynthesis based on its high homology to some Streptomyces pathway-specific transcriptional regulators for the biosynthetic gene clusters of polyketide antibiotics, such as Streptomyces peucetius DnrI (47.5% identity, 84. 3% similarity), which controls daunorubicin biosynthesis. A vmsR deletion mutant was created by homologous recombination. Neither virginiamycin M(1) nor virginiamycin S was produced in the vmsR mutant, while amounts of VB and BarA similar to those produced in the wild-type strain were detected. Reverse transcription-PCR analyses confirmed that the vmsR deletion had no deleterious effects on the transcription of the vmsR-surrounding genes, indicating that VmsR is a positive regulator of VM biosynthesis in S. virginiae.
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- R Kawachi
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Kawachi R, Akashi T, Kamitani Y, Sy A, Wangchaisoonthorn U, Nihira T, Yamada Y. Identification of an AfsA homologue (BarX) from Streptomyces virginiae as a pleiotropic regulator controlling autoregulator biosynthesis, virginiamycin biosynthesis and virginiamycin M1 resistance. Mol Microbiol 2000; 36:302-13. [PMID: 10792718 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01819.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Virginiae butanolide (VB)-BarA of Streptomyces virginiae is one of the newly discovered pairs of a gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator and the corresponding receptor protein of the Streptomyces species, and has been shown to regulate the production of antibiotic virginiamycin (VM) in S. virginiae. A divergently transcribed barX gene is situated 259 bp upstream of the barA gene, and the BarX protein has been shown to be highly homologous (39.8% identity, 74. 6% similarity) to S. griseus AfsA. Although AfsA is thought to be a biosynthetic enzyme for A-factor, another member of the family of gamma-butyrolactone autoregulators, the in vivo function of S. virginiae BarX was investigated in this study by phenotypic and transcriptional comparison between wild-type S. virginiae and a barX deletion mutant. With the same growth rate as wild-type S. virginiae on both solid and liquid media, the barX mutant showed no apparent changes in its morphological behaviour, indicating that barX does not participate in morphological control in S. virginiae. However, the barX mutant became more sensitive to virginiamycin M1 than did the wild-type strain (minimum inhibitory concentration, 50 microgram ml-1 compared with > 200 microgram ml-1) and exhibited reduced VB and VM production. The VM production was not restored by exogenous addition of VB, suggesting that BarX per se is not a biosynthetic enzyme of VBs but a pleiotropic regulatory protein controlling VB biosynthesis. DNA sequencing of a 5.6 kbp downstream region of barX revealed the presence of five open reading frames (ORFs): barZ, encoding a BarB-like regulatory protein; orf2, encoding a Streptomyces coelicolor RedD-like pathway specific regulator; varM, encoding a homologue of ATP-dependent transporters for macrolide antibiotics; orf4, encoding a homologue of beta-ketoacyl ACP/CoA reductase; and orf5, encoding a homologue of dNDP-glucose dehydratase. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analyses of the downstream five genes together with those of the three upstream genes (barA, barB, encoding a regulatory protein; and varS, encoding a virginiamycin S specific transporter) revealed that, in the barX mutant, the transcriptions of barZ, orf2, varM and orf5 were completely repressed and those of barB and varS were derepressed. Because free BarA (BarA in the absence of VB) in wild-type S. virginiae represses the transcription of bicistronic barB-varS operon through binding to a specific DNA sequence (BarA-responsive element, BARE) overlapping the barB transcriptional start site, the derepression of barB-varS transcription in the barX mutant suggested that the in vivo function of BarA was impaired by the lack of BarX protein. Gel-shift assays revealed that BarA easily lost its DNA-binding activity in the absence of BarX but that the defect was restored by the presence of recombinant BarX as a fusion with maltose-binding protein (MBP-BarX), whereas MBP-BarX itself showed no DNA-binding activity, indicating that BarX is likely to be a co-repressor of BarA, enforcing the DNA-binding activity of BarA through protein-protein interactions.
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- R Kawachi
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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