A NEW MYXOCOCCUS-XANTHUS GENE-CLUSTER FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE ANTIBIOTIC SAFRAMYCIN MX1 ENCODING A PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE

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作者
POSPIECH, A [1 ]
CLUZEL, B [1 ]
BIETENHADER, J [1 ]
SCHUPP, T [1 ]
机构
[1] CIBA GEIGY AG, BIOTECHNOL RES, CH-4002 BASEL, SWITZERLAND
来源
MICROBIOLOGY-SGM | 1995年 / 141卷
关键词
MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SAFRAMYCIN MX1; ANTIBIOTIC; PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE;
D O I
10.1099/13500872-141-8-1793
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The gene cluster for the biosynthesis of the heterocyclic quinone antibiotic saframycin Mx1 of Myxococcus xanthus DM504/15 was inactivated and tagged by Tn5 insertions. The tagged genes were cloned in Escherichia coli and used to select overlapping cosmid clones spanning 58 kb of the M. xanthus genome. Gene disruption experiments defined a greater than or equal to 18 kb contiguous DNA region involved in saframycin biosynthesis. Sequencing of part of this region revealed a large ORF containing two 600-amino-acid domains with similarity to peptide synthetase amino-acid-activating sequences, suggesting that saframycin Mx1 is synthesized by a nonribosomal multienzyme complex, similar to other bioactive peptides.
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页码:1793 / 1803
页数:11
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