1. Enhanced natamycin production by co-expression of <italic>Vitreoscilla</italic> hemoglobin and antibiotic positive regulators in <italic>Streptomyces gilvosporeus</italic>.
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Wang, Haixia, He, Xihong, Sun, Chunjie, Gao, Junqian, Liu, Xiaoguang, and Liu, Hao
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NATAMYCIN , *ANTIFUNGAL agents , *STREPTOMYCES , *GENE clusters , *GENETIC overexpression - Abstract
Natamycin, an important 26-member tetraene macrolide antifungal antibiotic, is widely used as antifungal agent in the food industry and medical fields. However, low yields of the currently used production strains limit its wider applications. To improve the productivity of natamycin-producing strains, we co-expressed the
Vitreoscilla hemoglobin genevgb inStreptomyces gilvosporeus with two genes that constitute part of the natamycin biosynthesis gene cluster:pimE (encoding a signalling protein) andpimM (encoding a positive regulator). Both genes were cloned and ligated into the shuttle vector pIMEP under the control of the strong, constitutive Perm promoter, and integrated into the chromosome ofS. gilvosporeus via conjugation. Natamycin production was increased 40.3% upon overexpression ofpimE andpimM . Furthermore, in order to alleviate oxygen limitation, we additionally expressedvgb in thepimE andpimM over-expressing strain, yieldingS. gilvosporeus/ pIMEP::pimE ::pimM ::vgb , which showed a further 55.7% improvement for natamycin production compared to that of the recipient strain. In conclusion, co-expression ofpimE andpimM withvgb led to markedly increased natamycin production, thus pointing out a potential strategy for enhancing the microbial production of other antibiotics as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2018
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