期刊
CHEMBIOCHEM
卷 9, 期 7, 页码 1136-1145出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200700715
关键词
antibiotics; biosynthesis; ionophores; polyethers; polyketides
资金
- BBSRC [BB/D018943/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/D018943/1] Funding Source: Medline
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/D018943/1] Funding Source: researchfish
The biosynthetic gene cluster for tetronomycin (TMN), a polyether ionophoric antibiotic that contains four different types of ring, including the distinctive tetronic acid moiety, has been cloned from Streptomyces sp. NRRL11266. The sequenced tmn locus (773234 bp) contains six modular polyketide synthase (PKS) genes and a further 27 open-reading frames. Based on sequence comparison to related biosynthetic gene clusters, the majority of these can be assigned a plausible role in TMN biosynthesis. The identity of the cluster, and the requirement for a number of individual genes, especially those hypothesised to contribute a glycer-ate unit to the formation of the tetronate ring, were confirmed by specific gene disruption. However, two large genes that are predicted to encode together a multifunctional PKS of a highly unusual type seem not to be involved in this pathway since deletion of one of them did not alter tetronomycin production. Unlike previously characterised polyether PKS systems, oxidative cyclisation appears to take place on the modular PKS rather than after transfer to a separate carrier protein, while tetronate ring formation and concomitant chain release share common mechanistic features with spirotetronate biosynthesis.
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