Journal
CHEMBIOCHEM
Volume 4, Issue 9, Pages 821-828Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200300583
Keywords
antifungal agents; biosynthesis; heterologous expression; peptidyl nucleoside
Funding
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM 32110] Funding Source: Medline
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Blasticidin S is a potent antifungal and cytotoxic peptidyl nucleoside antibiotic from Streptomyces griseochromogenes. The mixed biosynthesis of the compound is evident from the three distinct structural components a cytosine base, an amino deoxyglucoronic acid, and N-methyl beta-arginine. The blasticidin S biosynthesis gene cluster was cloned from S. griseochromogenes and the pathway heterologously expressed in S. lividans from a cosmid harboring a 36.7-kb fragment of S. griseochromogenes DNA. The complete DNA sequence of this insert has now been determined and evidence suggests a contiguous 20-kb section defines the blasticidin S biosynthesis cluster. The predicted functions of several open reading frames are consistent with the expect biochemistry and include and arginine 2,3-aminomutase a cytosylglucoronic acid synthase, and a guanidino N-methyltransferase insight into other steps in the assembly of blasticidin S was evident from sequence homology with proteins of known function and heterologous expression of fragments of the cluster. Additionally the gene that directs the production of free cytosine BisM, was subcloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Characterization of BisM revealed that cytidine monophosphate serves as the precursor to cytosine.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available