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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2003, p. 6412-6417, Vol. 69, No. 11
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.11.6412-6417.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Innovative Approach for Improvement of an Antibiotic-Overproducing Industrial Strain of Streptomyces albus

Norimasa Tamehiro,1 Takeshi Hosaka,1 Jun Xu,1 Haifeng Hu,1 Noboru Otake,2 and Kozo Ochi1*

National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8042, Japan,1 Tianjin Institute for Biomedicinal Research, Huayuan Industrial District, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China 3003842

Received 10 April 2003/ Accepted 16 August 2003

Working with a Streptomyces albus strain that had previously been bred to produce industrial amounts (10 mg/ml) of salinomycin, we demonstrated the efficacy of introducing drug resistance-producing mutations for further strain improvement. Mutants with enhanced salinomycin production were detected at a high incidence (7 to 12%) among spontaneous isolates resistant to streptomycin (Strr), gentamicin, or rifampin (Rifr). Finally, we successfully demonstrated improvement of the salinomycin productivity of the industrial strain by 2.3-fold by introducing a triple mutation. The Strr mutant was shown to have a point mutation within the rpsL gene (encoding ribosomal protein S12). Likewise, the Rifr mutant possessed a mutation in the rpoB gene (encoding the RNA polymerase ß subunit). Increased productivity of salinomycin in the Strr mutant (containing the K88R mutation in the S12 protein) may be a result of an aberrant protein synthesis mechanism. This aberration may manifest itself as enhanced translation activity in stationary-phase cells, as we have observed with the poly(U)-directed cell-free translation system. The K88R mutant ribosome was characterized by increased 70S complex stability in low Mg2+ concentrations. We conclude that this aberrant protein synthesis ability in the Strr mutant, which is a result of increased stability of the 70S complex, is responsible for the remarkable salinomycin production enhancement obtained.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8042, Japan. Phone: 81-29-838-8125. Fax: 81-29-838-7996. E-mail: kochi{at}affrc.go.jp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2003, p. 6412-6417, Vol. 69, No. 11
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.11.6412-6417.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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