Transcriptional studies on a Streptomyces clavuligerus oppA2 deletion mutant: N-Acetylglycyl-Clavaminic acid is an intermediate of clavulanic acid biosynthesis

[EN] The oppA2 gene encodes an oligopeptide-binding protein similar to the periplasmic substrate-binding proteins of the ABC transport systems. However, oppA2 is an orphan gene, not included in an ABC operon. This gene is located in the clavulanic acid (CA) gene cluster of Streptomyces clavuligerus...

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Autores: Álvarez Álvarez, Rubén, Rodríguez García, Antonio, Martínez Burgo, Yolanda, Martín Martín, Juan Francisco, Liras Padín, Paloma
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/18073
Acceso en línea:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.01701-18
https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18073
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biotecnología
Streptomyces clavuligerus
Oligopeptide-binding protein OppA2
oppA2-null mutant
Antibotics biosynthesis regulation
Clavulanic acid gene cluster
Transcriptomics
2414.01 Antibióticos
2415.01 Biología Molecular de Microorganismos
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Sumario:[EN] The oppA2 gene encodes an oligopeptide-binding protein similar to the periplasmic substrate-binding proteins of the ABC transport systems. However, oppA2 is an orphan gene, not included in an ABC operon. This gene is located in the clavulanic acid (CA) gene cluster of Streptomyces clavuligerus and is essential for CA production. A transcriptomic study of the oppA2-null mutant S. clavuligerus ΔoppA2::aac showed changes in the expression levels of 233 genes from those in the parental strain. These include genes for ABC transport systems, secreted proteins, peptidases, and proteases. Expression of the clavulanic acid, clavam, and cephamycin C biosynthesis gene clusters was not significantly affected in the oppA2 deletion mutant. The genes for holomycin biosynthesis were upregulated 2-fold on average, and the level of upregulation increased to 43-fold in a double mutant lacking oppA2 and the pSCL4 plasmid. Strains in which oppA2 was mutated secreted into the culture the compound N-acetylglycyl-clavaminic acid (AGCA), a putative intermediate of CA biosynthesis. A culture broth containing AGCA, or AGCA purified by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), was added to the cultures of various non-CA-producing mutants. Mutants blocked in the early steps of the pathway restored CA production, whereas mutants altered in late steps did not, establishing that AGCA is a late intermediate of the biosynthetic pathway, which is released from the cells when the oligopeptide-binding protein OppA2 is not available