Journal
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 106, Issue 21, Pages 7285-7299Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12187-4
Keywords
Actinorhodin; Antibiotics; Auricin; Biosynthetic gene cluster; Homologous recombination; Linear plasmid; Streptomyces
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- Slovak Research and Development Agency [APVV-19-0009]
- VEGA from Slovak Academy of Sciences [2/0026/20]
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Bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are important producers of biologically active natural products. However, many of these products are silent under laboratory conditions. In this study, we optimized a strain of Streptomyces lavendulae for heterologous gene expression and successfully integrated reporter genes and biosynthetic gene clusters into a vector system. This study provides valuable insights into harnessing the biosynthetic potential of Streptomyces bacteria.
The bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are important producers of a large number of biologically active natural products. Examination of their genomes has revealed great biosynthetic potential for the production of new products, but many of them are silent under laboratory conditions. One of the promising avenues for harnessing this biosynthetic potential is the refactoring and heterologous expression of relevant biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in suitable optimized chassis strains. Although several Streptomyces strains have been used for this purpose, the efficacy is relatively low, and some BGCs have not been expressed. In this study, we optimized our long-term genetically studied Streptomyces lavendulae subsp. lavendulae CCM 3239 strain as a potential host for heterologous expression along with its stable large linear plasmid pSA3239 as a vector system. Two reporter genes, mCherry and gusA under the control of ermEp* promoter, were successfully integrated into pSA3239. The activity of GUS reporter was four-fold higher in pSA3239 than in a single site in S. lavendulae subsp. lavendulae CCM 3239 chromosome, consistent with a higher copy number of pSA3239 (4 copies per chromosome). In addition, the two Att/Int systems (based on PhiC31 and pSAM2) were able to integrate into the corresponding individual attB sites in the chromosome. The BGC for actinorhodin was successfully integrated into pSA3239. However, the resulting strain produced very low amounts of actinorhodin. Its level increased dramatically after integration of the actII-ORF4 gene for the positive regulator under the control of the kasOp* promoter into this strain using the PhiC31 phage integration system.
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