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J. Bacteriol., 11 1995, 6111-6117, Vol 177, No. 21
K Yang, L Han and LC Vining
The nucleotide sequence of a region upstream of the type II polyketide
synthase genes in the cluster for biosynthesis of the polyketide antibiotic
jadomycin B in Streptomyces venezuelae contained an open reading frame
encoding a sequence of 196 amino acids that resembeled sequences deduced
for a group of repressor proteins. The strongest similarity was to EnvR of
Escherichia coli, but the sequence also resembled MtrR, AcrR, TetC, and
TcmR, all of which are involved in regulating resistance to antibiotics or
toxic hydrophobic substances in the environment. Disruption of the
nucleotide sequence of this putative S. venezuelae repressor gene (jadR2),
by insertion of an apramycin resistance gene at an internal MluI site, and
replacement of the chromosomal gene generated mutants that produced
jadomycin B without the stress treatments (exposure to heat shock or to
toxic concentrations of ethanol) required for jadomycin B production by the
wild type. When cultures of the disruption mutants were ethanol stressed,
they overproduced the antibiotic. From these results it was concluded that
expression of the jadomycin B biosynthesis genes are negatively regulated
by jadR2.
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology
Regulation of jadomycin B production in Streptomyces venezuelae ISP5230: involvement of a repressor gene, jadR2
Department of Biology, Dallhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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