Mining of a streptothricin gene cluster from Streptomyces sp.TP-A0356 genome via heterologous expression

Streptothricins (STs) are used commercially to treat bacterial and fungal diseases in agriculture. Mining of the sequenced microbial genomes uncovered two cryptic ST clusters from Streptomyces sp. C and Streptomyces sp. TP-A0356. The ST cluster from S. sp. TP-A0356 was verified by successful heterologous expression in Streptomyces coelicolor M145. Two new ST analogs were produced together with streptothricin F and streptothricin D in the heterologous host. The ST cluster was further confirmed by inactivation of gene stnO, which was proposed encoding an aminomutase supplying -lysines for the poly-β-Lys chain formation. A putative biosynthetic pathway for STs is proposed based on bioinformatics analyses of the ST genes and experimental evidence.

链丝菌素生物合成基因簇的克隆及其异源表达

通过基因组粘粒文库的高通量接合转移、异源表达和生物活性测定,结合DNA序列测定,从刺孢吸水链霉菌AA97026中筛选具有广谱抗菌活性的小分子化合物及其生物合成基因簇,获得1个对革兰氏阳性细菌和红酵母均有抑制活性的阳性克隆1H5,其部分DNA序列与链丝菌素生物合成基因相似。含1H5的异源链霉菌宿主的发酵液均能检测到链丝菌素的不同组份,表明1H5含有完整的链丝菌素生物合成基因簇。