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Kang Y, Wu W, Zhang F, Chen L, Wang R, Ye J, Wu H, Zhang H. AdpA lin regulates lincomycin and melanin biosynthesis by modulating precursors flux in Streptomyces lincolnensis. J Basic Microbiol 2023; 63:622-631. [DOI: doi.org/10.1002/jobm.202200692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
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AbstractLincomycin is one of the most important antibiotics. However, transcriptional regulation network of secondary metabolism in Streptomyces lincolnensis, the lincomycin producer, remained obscure. AdpA from S. lincolnensis (namely AdpAlin) has been proved to activate lincomycin biosynthesis. Here we found that both lincomycin and melanin took l‐tyrosine as precursor, and AdpAlin activated melanin biosynthesis as well. Three tyrosinases, MelC2, MelD2, and MelE, and one tyrosine peroxygenase, LmbB2, participated in lincomycin and melanin biosynthesis in different ways. For melanin biosynthesis, MelC2 was the only key enzyme required. For lincomycin biosynthesis, MelD2 and LmbB2 were positive factors and were suggested to convert l‐tyrosine to l‐dihydroxyphenylalanine (l‐DOPA). Otherwise, MelC2 and MelE were negative factors for lincomycin biosynthesis and they were supposed to oxidize l‐DOPA to generate melanin and certain unknown metabolite, respectively. Based on in silico analysis combined with electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs), we proved that AdpAlin directly interacted with promoters of melC, melD, and melE by binding to putative AdpA‐binding sites in vitro. Moreover, in vivo experiments revealed that AdpAlin positively regulated the transcription of melC and melE, but negatively regulated melD. In conclusion, AdpAlin was the switch of secondary metabolism in S. lincolnensis, and it modulated precursor flux of lincomycin and melanin biosynthesis by directly activating melC, melE, and lmbB1/lmbB2 or repressing melD.
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- Yajing Kang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
- Department of Applied Biology East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
- Department of Applied Biology East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
- Department of Applied Biology East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
- Department of Applied Biology East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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Kang Y, Wu W, Zhang F, Chen L, Wang R, Ye J, Wu H, Zhang H. AdpA lin regulates lincomycin and melanin biosynthesis by modulating precursors flux in Streptomyces lincolnensis. J Basic Microbiol 2023. [PMID: 36734183 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.202200692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Lincomycin is one of the most important antibiotics. However, transcriptional regulation network of secondary metabolism in Streptomyces lincolnensis, the lincomycin producer, remained obscure. AdpA from S. lincolnensis (namely AdpAlin ) has been proved to activate lincomycin biosynthesis. Here we found that both lincomycin and melanin took l-tyrosine as precursor, and AdpAlin activated melanin biosynthesis as well. Three tyrosinases, MelC2, MelD2, and MelE, and one tyrosine peroxygenase, LmbB2, participated in lincomycin and melanin biosynthesis in different ways. For melanin biosynthesis, MelC2 was the only key enzyme required. For lincomycin biosynthesis, MelD2 and LmbB2 were positive factors and were suggested to convert l-tyrosine to l-dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-DOPA). Otherwise, MelC2 and MelE were negative factors for lincomycin biosynthesis and they were supposed to oxidize l-DOPA to generate melanin and certain unknown metabolite, respectively. Based on in silico analysis combined with electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs), we proved that AdpAlin directly interacted with promoters of melC, melD, and melE by binding to putative AdpA-binding sites in vitro. Moreover, in vivo experiments revealed that AdpAlin positively regulated the transcription of melC and melE, but negatively regulated melD. In conclusion, AdpAlin was the switch of secondary metabolism in S. lincolnensis, and it modulated precursor flux of lincomycin and melanin biosynthesis by directly activating melC, melE, and lmbB1/lmbB2 or repressing melD.
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- Yajing Kang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.,Department of Applied Biology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.,Department of Applied Biology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.,Department of Applied Biology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.,Department of Applied Biology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Yushchuk O, Ostash I, Mösker E, Vlasiuk I, Deneka M, Rückert C, Busche T, Fedorenko V, Kalinowski J, Süssmuth RD, Ostash B. Eliciting the silent lucensomycin biosynthetic pathway in Streptomyces cyanogenus S136 via manipulation of the global regulatory gene adpA. Sci Rep 2021; 11:3507. [PMID: 33568768 PMCID: PMC7875965 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82934-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Actinobacteria are among the most prolific sources of medically and agriculturally important compounds, derived from their biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) for specialized (secondary) pathways of metabolism. Genomics witnesses that the majority of actinobacterial BGCs are silent, most likely due to their low or zero transcription. Much effort is put into the search for approaches towards activation of silent BGCs, as this is believed to revitalize the discovery of novel natural products. We hypothesized that the global transcriptional factor AdpA, due to its highly degenerate operator sequence, could be used to upregulate the expression of silent BGCs. Using Streptomyces cyanogenus S136 as a test case, we showed that plasmids expressing either full-length adpA or its DNA-binding domain led to significant changes in the metabolome. These were evident as changes in the accumulation of colored compounds, bioactivity, as well as the emergence of a new pattern of secondary metabolites as revealed by HPLC-ESI-mass spectrometry. We further focused on the most abundant secondary metabolite and identified it as the polyene antibiotic lucensomycin. Finally, we uncovered the entire gene cluster for lucensomycin biosynthesis (lcm), that remained elusive for five decades until now, and outlined an evidence-based scenario for its adpA-mediated activation.
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- Oleksandr Yushchuk
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 4 Hrushevskoho st., Rm. 102, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 4 Hrushevskoho st., Rm. 102, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 4 Hrushevskoho st., Rm. 102, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 4 Hrushevskoho st., Rm. 102, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine
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- Technology Platform Genomics, CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 27, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Technology Platform Genomics, CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 27, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 4 Hrushevskoho st., Rm. 102, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine
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- Technology Platform Genomics, CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 27, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 4 Hrushevskoho st., Rm. 102, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine.
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Tran T, Dawrs SN, Norton GJ, Virdi R, Honda JR. Brought to you courtesy of the red, white, and blue-pigments of nontuberculous mycobacteria. AIMS Microbiol 2020; 6:434-450. [PMID: 33364537 PMCID: PMC7755587 DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2020026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Pigments are chromophores naturally synthesized by animals, plants, and microorganisms, as well as produced synthetically for a wide variety of industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, and textiles. Bacteria produce various pigments including melanin, pyocyanin, bacteriochlorophyll, violacein, prodigiosin, and carotenoids that exert diverse biological activities as antioxidants and demonstrate anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and antimicrobial properties. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) include over 200 environmental and acid-fast species; some of which can cause opportunistic disease in humans. Early in the study of mycobacteriology, the vast majority of mycobacteria were not known to synthesize pigments, particularly NTM isolates of clinical significance such as the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) species. This paper reviews the overall understanding of microbial pigments, their applications, as well as highlights what is currently known about pigments produced by NTM, the circumstances that trigger their production, and their potential roles in NTM survival and virulence.
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- Tru Tran
- College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, Florida, USA
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- Center for Genes, Environment, and Health; Department of Immunology and Genomic Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Center for Genes, Environment, and Health; Department of Immunology and Genomic Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Center for Genes, Environment, and Health; Department of Immunology and Genomic Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Center for Genes, Environment, and Health; Department of Immunology and Genomic Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Chen TW, Chen CW. Melanin production as a visual indicator of conjugal transfer in Streptomyces. J Appl Genet 2020; 61:299-301. [PMID: 31933172 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-020-00540-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To visualize transfer of plasmid in Streptomyces during conjugation, we constructed a conjugative plasmid that harbored melC operon encoding an extracellular tyrosinase and placed it in Streptomyces hosts which were defective in expressing the operon. Hyphae of these donors were mixed with hyphae of a plasmidless recipient, which could express melC, and plated on a solid medium supplemented with tyrosine. After 8 to 9 h of incubation, melanin started to appear in the mating mixture, indicating that the plasmid had entered the recipient and started to synthesize tyrosinase, which in turn catalyzed the formation of melanin. This visual monitoring system allows quick demonstration of conjugal transfer without tedious genetic or biochemical procedure commonly used. It may be applied to most Streptomyces species and may also be used for monitoring chromosome transfer.
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- Ting-Wen Chen
- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, 112, Taiwan.,Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, 112, Taiwan.
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Pavan ME, López NI, Pettinari MJ. Melanin biosynthesis in bacteria, regulation and production perspectives. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 104:1357-1370. [PMID: 31811318 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-10245-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The production of black pigments in bacteria was discovered more than a century ago and related to tyrosine metabolism. However, their diverse biological roles and the control of melanin synthesis in different bacteria have only recently been investigated. The broad distribution of these pigments suggests that they have an important role in a variety of organisms. Melanins protect microorganisms from many environmental stress conditions, ranging from ultraviolet radiation and toxic heavy metals to oxidative stress. Melanins can also affect bacterial interactions with other organisms and are important in pathogenesis and survival in many environments. Bacteria produce several types of melanin through dedicated pathways or as a result of enzymatic imbalances in altered metabolic routes. The control of the melanin synthesis in bacteria involves metabolic and transcriptional regulation, but many aspects remain still largely unknown. The diverse properties of melanins have spurred a large number of applications, and recent efforts have been done to produce the pigment at biotechnologically relevant scales.
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- María Elisa Pavan
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. .,IQUIBICEN-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. .,IQUIBICEN-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Zhang S, Klementz D, Zhu J, Makitrynskyy R, Ola Pasternak AR, Günther S, Zechel DL, Bechthold A. Genome mining reveals the origin of a bald phenotype and a cryptic nucleocidin gene cluster in Streptomyces asterosporus DSM 41452. J Biotechnol 2019; 292:23-31. [PMID: 30641108 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/09/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Streptomyces asterosporus DSM 41452 is a producer of the polyketide annimycin and the non-ribosomal depsipeptide WS9326A. This strain is also notable for exhibiting a bald phenotype that is devoid of spores and aerial mycelium when grown on solid media. Based on the similarity of the 16S rRNA sequence to Streptomyces calvus, the only known producer of the fluorometabolite nucleocidin, the genome of S. asterosporus DSM 41452 was sequenced and analyzed. Twenty-nine natural product gene clusters were detected in the genome, including a gene cluster predicted to encode the fluorometabolite nucleocidin. Through genome analysis and gene complementation experiments, we demonstrate that the bald phenotype arises from a transposon gene inserted within the promoter sequence for the pleiotropic regulator adpA. Complementation of S. asterosporus DSM 41452 with a functional adpA sequence restored morphological differentiation and promoted the production of nucleocidin.
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- Songya Zhang
- Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany.
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Lu F, Hou Y, Zhang H, Chu Y, Xia H, Tian Y. Regulatory genes and their roles for improvement of antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces. 3 Biotech 2017; 7:250. [PMID: 28718097 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-017-0875-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The numerous secondary metabolites in Streptomyces spp. are crucial for various applications. For example, cephamycin C is used as an antibiotic, and avermectin is used as an insecticide. Specifically, antibiotic yield is closely related to many factors, such as the external environment, nutrition (including nitrogen and carbon sources), biosynthetic efficiency and the regulatory mechanisms in producing strains. There are various types of regulatory genes that work in different ways, such as pleiotropic (or global) regulatory genes, cluster-situated regulators, which are also called pathway-specific regulatory genes, and many other regulators. The study of regulatory genes that influence antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces spp. not only provides a theoretical basis for antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces but also helps to increase the yield of antibiotics via molecular manipulation of these regulatory genes. Currently, more and more emphasis is being placed on the regulatory genes of antibiotic biosynthetic gene clusters in Streptomyces spp., and many studies on these genes have been performed to improve the yield of antibiotics in Streptomyces. This paper lists many antibiotic biosynthesis regulatory genes in Streptomyces spp. and focuses on frequently investigated regulatory genes that are involved in pathway-specific regulation and pleiotropic regulation and their applications in genetic engineering.
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Dai D, Du A, Xiong K, Pu T, Zhou X, Deng Z, Liang J, He X, Wang Z. DNA Phosphorothioate Modification Plays a Role in Peroxides Resistance in Streptomyces lividans. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1380. [PMID: 27630631 PMCID: PMC5005934 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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DNA phosphorothioation, conferred by dnd genes, was originally discovered in the soil-dwelling bacterium Streptomyces lividans, and thereafter found to exist in various bacterial genera. However, the physiological significance of this sulfur modification of the DNA backbone remains unknown in S. lividans. Our studies indicate that DNA phosphorothioation has a major role in resistance to oxidative stress in the strain. Although Streptomyces species express multiple catalase/peroxidase and organic hydroperoxide resistance genes to protect them against peroxide damage, a wild type strain of S. lividans exhibited two-fold to 10-fold higher survival, compared to a dnd− mutant, following treatment with peroxides. RNA-seq experiments revealed that, catalase and organic hydroperoxide resistance gene expression were not up-regulated in the wild type strain, suggesting that the resistance to oxidative stress was not due to the up-regulation of these genes by DNA phosphorothioation. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis was conducted to trace the expression of the catalase and the organic hydroperoxide resistance genes after peroxides treatments. A bunch of these genes were activated in the dnd− mutant rather than the wild type strain in response to peroxides. Moreover, the organic hydroperoxide peracetic acid was scavenged more rapidly in the presence than in the absence of phosphorothioate modification, both in vivo and in vitro. The dnd gene cluster can be up-regulated by the disulfide stressor diamide. Overall, our observations suggest that DNA phosphorothioate modification functions as a peroxide resistance system in S. lividans.
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- Daofeng Dai
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
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Yang R, Liu X, Wen Y, Song Y, Chen Z, Li J. The PhoP transcription factor negatively regulates avermectin biosynthesis in Streptomyces avermitilis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:10547-57. [PMID: 26298701 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6921-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2015] [Revised: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bacteria sense and respond to the stress of phosphate limitation, anticipating Pi deletion/starvation via the two-component PhoR-PhoP system. The role of the response regulator PhoP in primary metabolism and avermectin biosynthesis in Streptomyces avermitilis was investigated. In response to phosphate starvation, S. avermitilis PhoP, like Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces lividans PhoP, activates the expression of phoRP, phoU, and pstS by binding to the PHO boxes in their promoter regions. Avermectin biosynthesis was significantly increased in ΔphoP deletion mutants. Electrophoretic mobility gel shift assay (EMSA) and DNase I footprinting assays showed that PhoP can bind to a PHO box formed by two direct repeat units of 11 nucleotides located downstream of the transcriptional start site of aveR. By negatively regulating the transcription of aveR, PhoP directly affects avermectin biosynthesis in S. avermitilis. PhoP indirectly affects melanogenesis on Casaminoacids Minimal Medium (MMC) lacking supplemental phosphate. Nitrogen metabolism and some key genes involved in morphological differentiation and antibiotic production in S. avermitilis are also under the control of PhoP.
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- Renjun Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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Bignell DRD, Francis IM, Fyans JK, Loria R. Thaxtomin A production and virulence are controlled by several bld gene global regulators in Streptomyces scabies. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2014; 27:875-85. [PMID: 24678834 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-02-14-0037-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Streptomyces scabies is the main causative agent of common scab disease, which leads to significant annual losses to potato growers worldwide. The main virulence factor produced by S. scabies is a phytotoxic secondary metabolite called thaxtomin A, which functions as a cellulose synthesis inhibitor. Thaxtomin A production is controlled by the cluster-situated regulator TxtR, which activates expression of the thaxtomin biosynthetic genes in response to cello-oligosaccharides. Here, we demonstrate that at least five additional regulatory genes are required for wild-type levels of thaxtomin A production and plant pathogenicity in S. scabies. These regulatory genes belong to the bld gene family of global regulators that control secondary metabolism or morphological differentiation in Streptomyces spp. Quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction showed that expression of the thaxtomin biosynthetic genes was significantly downregulated in all five bld mutants and, in four of these mutants, this downregulation was attributed to the reduction in expression of txtR. Furthermore, all of the mutants displayed reduced expression of other known or predicted virulence genes, suggesting that the bld genes may function as global regulators of virulence gene expression in S. scabies.
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Characterization of AvaR1, an autoregulator receptor that negatively controls avermectins production in a high avermectin-producing strain. Biotechnol Lett 2013; 36:813-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1416-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 11/14/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Guyet A, Gominet M, Benaroudj N, Mazodier P. Regulation of the clpP1clpP2 operon by the pleiotropic regulator AdpA in Streptomyces lividans. Arch Microbiol 2013; 195:831-41. [PMID: 24196782 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-013-0918-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2013] [Revised: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Insertion of an apramycin resistance cassette in the clpP1clpP2 operon (encoding the ClpP1 and ClpP2 peptidase subunits) affects morphological and physiological differentiation of Streptomyces lividans. Another key factor controlling Streptomyces differentiation is the pleiotropic transcriptional regulator AdpA. We have identified a spontaneous missense mutation (-1 frameshift) in the adpA (bldH) open reading frame in a clpP1clpP2 mutant that led to the synthesis of a non-functional AdpA protein. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that AdpA bound directly to clpP1clpP2 promoter region. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis showed that AdpA regulated the clpP1clpP2 operon expression at specific growth times. In vitro, AdpA and ClgR, a transcriptional activator of clpP1clpP2 operon and other genes, were able to bind simultaneously to clpP1 promoter, which suggests that AdpA binding to clpP1 promoter did not affect that of ClgR. This study allowed to uncover an interplay between the ClpP peptidases and AdpA in S. lividans.
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- Aurélie Guyet
- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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Makitrynskyy R, Ostash B, Tsypik O, Rebets Y, Doud E, Meredith T, Luzhetskyy A, Bechthold A, Walker S, Fedorenko V. Pleiotropic regulatory genes bldA, adpA and absB are implicated in production of phosphoglycolipid antibiotic moenomycin. Open Biol 2013; 3:130121. [PMID: 24153004 PMCID: PMC3814723 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.130121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Unlike the majority of actinomycete secondary metabolic pathways, the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase inhibitor moenomycin in Streptomyces ghanaensis does not involve any cluster-situated regulators (CSRs). This raises questions about the regulatory signals that initiate and sustain moenomycin production. We now show that three pleiotropic regulatory genes for Streptomyces morphogenesis and antibiotic production—bldA, adpA and absB—exert multi-layered control over moenomycin biosynthesis in native and heterologous producers. The bldA gene for tRNALeuUAA is required for the translation of rare UUA codons within two key moenomycin biosynthetic genes (moe), moeO5 and moeE5. It also indirectly influences moenomycin production by controlling the translation of the UUA-containing adpA and, probably, other as-yet-unknown repressor gene(s). AdpA binds key moe promoters and activates them. Furthermore, AdpA interacts with the bldA promoter, thus impacting translation of bldA-dependent mRNAs—that of adpA and several moe genes. Both adpA expression and moenomycin production are increased in an absB-deficient background, most probably because AbsB normally limits adpA mRNA abundance through ribonucleolytic cleavage. Our work highlights an underappreciated strategy for secondary metabolism regulation, in which the interaction between structural genes and pleiotropic regulators is not mediated by CSRs. This strategy might be relevant for a growing number of CSR-free gene clusters unearthed during actinomycete genome mining.
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- Roman Makitrynskyy
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Hrushevskoho st. 4, Lviv 79005, Ukraine
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Higo A, Horinouchi S, Ohnishi Y. Strict regulation of morphological differentiation and secondary metabolism by a positive feedback loop between two global regulators AdpA and BldA in Streptomyces griseus. Mol Microbiol 2011; 81:1607-22. [PMID: 21883521 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07795.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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AdpA is a global transcriptional regulator that is induced by the microbial hormone A-factor and activates many genes required for morphological differentiation and secondary metabolism in Streptomyces griseus. We confirmed that the regulatory tRNA gene bldA was required for translation of TTA-containing adpA. We also demonstrated that AdpA bound two sites upstream of the bldA promoter and activated transcription of bldA. Thus, we revealed a unique positive feedback loop between AdpA and BldA in S. griseus. Forced expression of bldA in an A-factor-deficient mutant resulted in the partial restoration of aerial mycelium formation and streptomycin production, suggesting that the positive feedback loop could prevent premature transcriptional activation of the AdpA-target genes in the wild-type strain. We revealed that the morphological defect of the bldA mutant could be attributed mainly to the TTA codons of only two genes: adpA and amfR. amfR encodes a transcriptional activator essential for aerial mycelium formation and is a member of the AdpA regulon. Thus, amfR is regulated by a feedforward mechanism involving AdpA and BldA. We concluded that the central regulatory unit composed of AdpA and BldA plays important roles in the initiation of morphological differentiation and secondary metabolism triggered by A-factor.
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- Akiyoshi Higo
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Yang HY, Chen CW. Extracellular and intracellular polyphenol oxidases cause opposite effects on sensitivity of Streptomyces to phenolics: a case of double-edged sword. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7462. [PMID: 19826489 PMCID: PMC2758597 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2009] [Accepted: 09/24/2009] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Many but not all species of Streptomyces species harbour a bicistronic melC operon, in which melC2 encodes an extracellular tyrosinase (a polyphenol oxidase) and melC1 encodes a helper protein. On the other hand, a melC-homologous operon (melD) is present in all sequenced Streptomyces chromosomes and could be isolated by PCR from six other species tested. Bioinformatic analysis showed that melC and melD have divergently evolved toward different functions. MelD2, unlike tyrosinase (MelC2), is not secreted, and has a narrower substrate spectrum. Deletion of melD caused an increased sensitivity to several phenolics that are substrates of MelD2. Intracellularly, MelD2 presumably oxidizes the phenolics, thus bypassing spontaneous copper-dependent oxidation that generates DNA-damaging reactive oxygen species. Surprisingly, melC+ strains were more sensitive rather than less sensitive to phenolics than melC− strains. This appeared to be due to conversion of the phenolics by MelC2 to more hydrophobic and membrane-permeable quinones. We propose that the conserved melD operon is involved in defense against phenolics produced by plants, and the sporadically present melC operon probably plays an aggressive role in converting the phenolics to the more permeable quinones, thus fending off less tolerant competing microbes (lacking melD) in the phenolic-rich rhizosphere.
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- Han-Yu Yang
- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan
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Akanuma G, Hara H, Ohnishi Y, Horinouchi S. Dynamic changes in the extracellular proteome caused by absence of a pleiotropic regulator AdpA in Streptomyces griseus. Mol Microbiol 2009; 73:898-912. [PMID: 19678896 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06814.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In Streptomyces griseus, A-factor (2-isocapryloyl-3R-hydroxymethyl-gamma-butyrolactone) triggers morphological development and secondary metabolism by inducing a pleiotropic transcriptional regulator AdpA. Extracellular proteome analysis of the wild-type and DeltaadpA strains grown to the end of the exponential phase in liquid minimal medium revealed that 38 secreted proteins, including many catabolic enzymes, such as protease, glycosyl hydrolase and esterase, were produced in an AdpA-dependent manner. Transcriptome analysis showed that almost all of these AdpA-dependent secreted proteins were regulated at the transcriptional level. In vitro AdpA-binding assays and determination of transcriptional start sites led to identification of 11 promoters as novel targets of AdpA. Viability staining revealed that some hyphae lysed during the exponential growth phase, which could explain the detection of 3 and 23 cytoplasmic proteins in the culture media of the wild-type and DeltaadpA strains respectively. In the wild-type strain, due to high protease activity in the culture medium, cytoplasmic proteins that leaked from dead cells seemed to be degraded and reused for the further growth. The existence of many AdpA-dependent (i.e. A-factor-inducible) secreted catabolic enzymes, which are likely involved in the assimilation of material that leaked from dead cells, reemphasizes the importance of A-factor in the morphological differentiation of S. griseus.
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- Genki Akanuma
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Bogel G, Schrempf H, Ortiz de Orué Lucana D. The heme-binding protein HbpS regulates the activity of the Streptomyces reticuli iron-sensing histidine kinase SenS in a redox-dependent manner. Amino Acids 2008; 37:681-91. [PMID: 18931968 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-008-0188-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Accepted: 10/01/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The SenS/SenR system of Streptomyces reticuli regulates the expression of the redox regulator FurS, the catalase-peroxidase CpeB and the heme-binding protein HbpS. SenS/SenR is also proposed to participate in sensing redox changes, mediated by HbpS. Here, we show in vitro that heme-free HbpS represses the autokinase activity of SenS; whereas hemin-treated HbpS considerably enhances SenS autophosphorylation under redox conditions using either H(2)O(2) or DTT. The presence of iron ions alone or in combination with H(2)O(2) or DTT also leads to significantly increased phosphorylation levels of SenS. Further comparative physiological studies using the S. reticuli WT, a S. reticuli hbpS mutant and a S. reticuli senS-senR mutant corroborates the importance of HbpS and the SenS/SenR system for resistance against high concentrations of iron ions and hemin in vivo. Hence SenS/SenR and HbpS act in concert as a novel three-component system which detects redox stress, mediated by iron ions and heme.
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- Gabriele Bogel
- FB Biologie/Chemie, Angewandte Genetik der Mikroorganismen, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastr. 13, 49069, Osnabrück, Germany
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Xu D, Kwon HJ, Suh JW. S-Adenosylmethionine induces BldH and activates secondary metabolism by involving the TTA-codon control of bldH expression in Streptomyces lividans. Arch Microbiol 2007; 189:419-26. [PMID: 18084741 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0336-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2007] [Revised: 11/11/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In the present study, a mechanism for S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to promote secondary metabolism was characterized in terms of bldH sl) expression in Streptomyces lividans. A previous study demonstrated that SAM, on application at 2 microM, induces the transcription of the strR promoter (strRp), which originates from Streptomyces griseus, in S. lividans. An inactivation study verified that bldH sl is essential to strRp transcription in S. lividans and it was demonstrated that the effects of SAM on the induction of strRp activity, on the transcription of redZ and actII-orf4, and on antibiotic production were compromised when the unique leucine TTA-codon of bldH sl was changed to TTG. Western blot analysis revealed that SAM supplementation enhances the expression of bldH sl when the TTA-codon was intact but not when the TTG replacement was provided. This study validates the involvement of BldH sl in the potentiating effect of SAM on the antibiotic production and substantiates that SAM controls the expression of bldH sl through the TTA-codon control in translating bldH mRNA. It is argued here that the intracellular SAM-level modulates the maturation of bldA, which encodes the UUA-codon tRNA and controls secondary metabolism in S. lividans.
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- Delin Xu
- Department of Biological Science, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Myongji University, San 38-2 Namdong, Yongin, 449-728, South Korea
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Inouye K, Shimada T, Yasukawa K. Purification to homogeneity of a neutral metalloproteinase from Streptomyces caespitosus. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2007; 71:1773-6. [PMID: 17617707 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70056] [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] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We established an improved purification procedure for Streptomyces caespitosus neutral protease (ScNP) from culture supernatants of S. caespitosus. The procedure comprises sequential ammonium sulfate fractionation and column chromatography procedures with anion exchange chromatography, followed by hydrophobic-interaction chromatography and gel filtration. Purified ScNP revealed a single band with a molecular mass of 14 kDa by SDS-PAGE under reduced conditions and did not contain any detectable pigment, which has not been completely removed by other methods. We also purified another protease with a molecular mass of 40 kDa from the culture supernatants. The pure preparation of ScNP obtained by this procedure is suitable for spectrophotometric measurement of its catalytic activity.
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- Kuniyo Inouye
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Takano H, Asano K, Beppu T, Ueda K. Role of σH paralogs in intracellular melanin formation and spore development in Streptomyces griseus. Gene 2007; 393:43-52. [PMID: 17346906 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2006] [Revised: 01/11/2007] [Accepted: 01/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Streptomyces griseus possesses multiple stress-response sigma factors including sigma(H). Previously, we have suggested that sigma(H) and related sigma factors are involved in the developmental control of S. griseus. Herein, we studied the role of two sigma(H) paralogs--sigma(F) and sigma(N)--which are encoded in tandem coding sequences of sigF-sigN in S. griseus [sigma(N) has been described as sigma(L) previously (Gene 320:127, 2003)]. A sigF mutant produced decreased levels of intracellular melanin and formed irregular spores. A triple mutant for sigHNF exhibited defective melanin production. While sigN was transcribed by three tandem promoters during the early to late growth phases, sigF was transcribed in the late developmental phase by a single promoter. The activity of the promoter preceding the rpp operon (Prpp), which is responsible for the intracellular melanin biosynthesis, was decreased in the sigF mutant and abolished in the sigHNF, adpA and A-factor biosynthesis mutants. The in vitro transcription assay demonstrated that Esigma(F) transcribed the rpp promoter. Both Esigma(F) and Esigma(N) transcribed a sigma(H)-dependent promoter that preceded the sigH operon, and their activities were repressed by the addition of RshA, an anti-sigma(H) protein. Overall, the results suggest that the three sigma factors have similar functions and that they are required for spore development and pigmentation. The transcription of the rpp operon is regulated both by the stress-response sigma factors and the A-factor regulatory cascade.
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- Hideaki Takano
- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa 252-8510, Japan
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Zhao J, Wen Y, Chen Z, Song Y, Li J. An adpA homologue in Streptomyces avermitilis is involved in regulation of morphogenesis and melanogenesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0105-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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van Wezel GP, Krabben P, Traag BA, Keijser BJF, Kerste R, Vijgenboom E, Heijnen JJ, Kraal B. Unlocking Streptomyces spp. for use as sustainable industrial production platforms by morphological engineering. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:5283-8. [PMID: 16885277 PMCID: PMC1538695 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00808-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Filamentous actinomycetes are commercially widely used as producers of natural products (in particular antibiotics) and of industrial enzymes. However, the mycelial lifestyle of actinomycetes, resulting in highly viscous broths and unfavorable pellet formation, has been a major bottleneck in their commercialization. Here we describe the successful morphological engineering of industrially important streptomycetes through controlled expression of the morphogene ssgA. This led to improved growth of many industrial and reference streptomycetes, with fragmentation of the mycelial clumps resulting in significantly enhanced growth rates in batch fermentations of Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces lividans. Product formation was also stimulated, with a twofold increase in yield of enzyme production by S. lividans. We anticipate that the use of the presented methodology will make actinomycetes significantly more attractive as industrial and sustainable production hosts.
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- Gilles P van Wezel
- Microbial Development, LIC, Leiden University, 2300RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Shin SK, Xu D, Kwon HJ, Suh JW. S-adenosylmethionine activatesadpAtranscription and promotes streptomycin biosynthesis inStreptomyces griseus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2006; 259:53-9. [PMID: 16684102 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00246.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), the major methyl donor in diverse biological processes, was previously documented as a regulator for secondary metabolism in Streptomyces. The present study demonstrates that exogenous SAM, in a quantity as low as 10 muM, enhanced streptomycin production and adpA transcription in both Streptomyces griseus wild-type strain and mutant HO1, which displays no ArpA repression on the adpA promoter. SAM also enhanced xylE expression driven by the promoter of adpA or strR in a heterologous host, S. lividans. This report substantiates that exogenous SAM promotes adpA transcription in S. griseus, which is involved in the SAM-mediated promotion of streptomycin, and that the mechanism underlying this event is shared in S. lividans.
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- Su-Kyoung Shin
- Department of Biolog ical Science, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Myongji University, Yongin, Korea
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