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The tallysomycin biosynthetic gene cluster from streptoalloteichus hindustanus e465-94 atcc 31158 unveiling new insights into the biosynthesis of the bleomycin family of antitumor antibiotics

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authors

  • Tao, M. F.
  • Wang, L. Y.
  • Wendt-Pienkowski, E.
  • George, N. P.
  • Galm, U.
  • Zhang, G. D.
  • Coughlin, J. M.
  • Shen, Ben

publication date

  • January 2007

journal

  • Molecular Biosystems  Journal

abstract

  • The tallysomycins (TLMs) belong to the bleomycin (BLM) family of antitumor antibiotics. The BLM biosynthetic gene cluster has been cloned and characterized previously from Streptomyces verticillus ATCC 15003, but engineering BLM biosynthesis for novel analogs has been hampered by the lack of a genetic system for S. verticillus. We now report the cloning and sequencing of the TLM biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptoalloteichus hindustanus E465-94 ATCC 31158 and the development of a genetic system for S. hindustanus, demonstrating the feasibility to manipulate TLM biosynthesis in S. hindustanus by gene inactivation and mutant complementation. Sequence analysis of the cloned 80.2 kb region revealed 40 open reading frames (ORFs), 30 of which were assigned to the TLM biosynthetic gene cluster. The TLM gene cluster consists of nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) genes encoding nine NRPS modules, a polyketide synthase (PKS) gene encoding one PKS module, genes encoding seven enzymes for deoxysugar biosynthesis and attachment, as well as genes encoding other biosynthesis, resistance, and regulatory proteins. The involvement of the cloned gene cluster in TLM biosynthesis was confirmed by inactivating the tlmE glycosyltransferase gene to generate a TLM non-producing mutant and by restoring TLM production to the DeltatlmE::ermE mutant strain upon expressing a functional copy of tlmE. The TLM gene cluster is highly homologous to the BLM cluster, with 25 of the 30 ORFs identified within the two clusters exhibiting striking similarities. The structural similarities and differences between TLM and BLM were reflected remarkably well by the genes and their organization in their respective biosynthetic gene clusters.

subject areas

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Bleomycin
  • Carbohydrates
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Electroporation
  • Escherichia coli
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polyketide Synthases
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Spores, Bacterial
  • Streptomyces
  • Substrate Specificity
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International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1742-206X

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1039/b615284h

PubMed ID

  • 17216057
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 60

end page

  • 74

volume

  • 3

issue

  • 1

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