Gene cluster responsible for validamycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. jinggangensis 5008
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A gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of validamycin (Val), an aminocyclitol antibiotic widely used as a control agent for sheath blight disease of rice plants, was identified from Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. jinggangensis 5008. The direct involvement of valA, in validamycin biosynthesis was confirmed in vivo by gene inactivation as well as in vitro by biochemical characterization of the reaction catalyzed by the ValA protein heterologously overexpressed in Escherichia coli.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2005
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Inhibition of epsilon-poly-L-lysine biosynthesis in Streptomycetaceae bacteria by short-chain polyols
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A study was conducted to identify the unknown derivative as the ester formed between the hydroxyl group of a glycerol molecule and the terminal carboxyl group of an epsilon-poly-L-lysine (ePL) molecule, secreted by Streptomycetaceae bacteria, using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance. The results revealed that the number of lysine residues of ePL-polyol esters decreased with the increasing polyol concentration.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2006
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