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A single-domain small protein Med-ORF10 regulates the production of antitumour agent medermycin in Streptomyces.

ABSTRACT: Med-ORF10, a single-domain protein with unknown function encoded by a gene located in a gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of a novel antitumour antibiotic medermycin, shares high homology to a group of small proteins widely distributed in many aromatic polyketide antibiotic pathways. This group of proteins contain a nuclear transport factor-2 (NTF-2) domain and appear to undergo an evolutionary divergence in their functions. Gene knockout and interspecies complementation suggested that Med-ORF10 plays a regulatory role in medermycin biosynthetic pathway. Overexpression of med-ORF10 in its wild-type strain led to significant increase of medermycin production. It was also shown by qRT-PCR and Western blot that Med-ORF10 controls the expression of genes encoding tailoring enzymes involved in medermycin biosynthesis. Transcriptome analysis and qRT-PCR revealed that Med-ORF10 has pleiotropic effects on more targets. However, there is no similar conserved domain available in Med-ORF10 compared to those of mechanistically known regulatory proteins; meanwhile, no direct interaction between Med-ORF10 and its target promoter DNA was detected via gel shift assay. All these studies suggest that Med-ORF10 regulates medermycin biosynthesis probably via an indirect mode.

SUBMITTER: Cai X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449675 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A single-domain small protein Med-ORF10 regulates the production of antitumour agent medermycin in Streptomyces.

Cai Xiaofeng X Li Caiyun C Ichinose Koji K Jiang Yali Y Liu Ming M Wang Huili H Gong Caixia C Li Le L Wan Juan J Zhao Yiming Y Yang Qing Q Li Aiying A

Microbial biotechnology 20210617 5

Med-ORF10, a single-domain protein with unknown function encoded by a gene located in a gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of a novel antitumour antibiotic medermycin, shares high homology to a group of small proteins widely distributed in many aromatic polyketide antibiotic pathways. This group of proteins contain a nuclear transport factor-2 (NTF-2) domain and appear to undergo an evolutionary divergence in their functions. Gene knockout and interspecies complementation suggested th ...[more]

PMID: 34139068

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A single-domain small protein Med-ORF10 regulates the production of antitumour agent medermycin in Streptomyces.

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A single-domain small protein Med-ORF10 regulates the production of antitumour agent medermycin in Streptomyces.

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