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A polyketide synthase gene required for biosynthesis of the aflatoxin-like toxin, dothistromin.
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Mycopathologia [Mycopathologia] 2006 May; Vol. 161 (5), pp. 283-94. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Dothistromin is a polyketide toxin, produced by a fungal forest pathogen, with structural similarity to the aflatoxin precursor versicolorin B. Biochemical and genetic studies suggested that there are common steps in the biosynthetic pathways for these metabolites and showed similarities between some of the genes. A polyketide synthase gene (pksA) was isolated from dothistromin-producing Dothistroma septosporum by hybridization with an aflatoxin ortholog from Aspergillus parasiticus. Inactivation of this gene in D. septosporum resulted in mutants that could not produce dothistromin but that could convert exogenous aflatoxin precursors, including norsolorinic acid, into dothistromin. The mutants also had reduced asexual sporulation compared to the wild type. So far four other genes are known to be clustered immediately alongside pksA. Three of these (cypA, moxA, avfA) are predicted to be orthologs of aflatoxin biosynthetic genes. The other gene (epoA), located between avfA and moxA, is predicted to encode an epoxide hydrolase, for which there is no homolog in either the aflatoxin or sterigmatocystin gene clusters. The pksA gene is located on a small chromosome of approximately 1.3 Mb in size, along with the dothistromin ketoreductase (dotA) gene.
- Subjects :
- Amino Acid Sequence
Ascomycota enzymology
Ascomycota genetics
Ascomycota growth & development
Base Sequence
Cloning, Molecular
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Molecular Sequence Data
Polyketide Synthases metabolism
RNA, Fungal chemistry
RNA, Fungal genetics
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Transformation, Genetic
Anthraquinones metabolism
Ascomycota metabolism
Polyketide Synthases genetics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0301-486X
- Volume :
- 161
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Mycopathologia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16649078
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-006-0240-5