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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2002, p. 4240-4246, Vol. 68, No. 9
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.9.4240-4246.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

A Stationary-Phase Acyl-Coenzyme A Synthetase of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Is Necessary for the Normal Onset of Antibiotic Production

C. Banchio1,2 and H. Gramajo1,2*

Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET),1 Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000 Rosario, Argentina2

Received 19 February 2002/ Accepted 7 June 2002

The fadD1 and macs1 genes of Streptomyces coelicolor are part of a two-gene operon. Both genes encode putative acyl coenzyme A synthetases (ACSs). The amino acid sequence of FadD1 has high homology with those of several ACSs, while MACS1 has the closest homology with medium-chain ACSs, broadly known as SA proteins. Like FadD of Escherichia coli, FadD1 also has a broad substrate specificity, although saturated long-chain fatty acids appears to be the preferred substrate. fadD1 is a growth-phase-regulated gene, and its mRNA is detected only during the stationary phase of growth. Interestingly, a mutation in fadD1 alters the levels of another ACS or ACSs, both at the stationary phase and at the exponential phase of growth, at least when glucose is used as a main carbon source. The mutant also shows a severe deficiency in antibiotic production, and at least for Act biosynthesis, this deficiency seems to be related to delayed expression of the Act biosynthetic genes. Antibiotic production is restored by the introduction of a wt fadD1 allele into the cell, demonstrating a strict link between ACS activity and the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. The results of this study indicate that the ACSs may be useful targets for the design of rational approaches to improving antibiotic production.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: IBR, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000 Rosario, Argentina. Phone: 54-341-4350661. Fax: 54-341-4390465. E-mail: gramajo{at}infovia.com.ar.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2002, p. 4240-4246, Vol. 68, No. 9
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.9.4240-4246.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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