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Functional Expression of Proteomics-guided AfsR2-dependent Genes in Avermectin-producing Streptomyces avermitilis

Avermectin을 생산하는 Streptomyces avermitilis에서의 Proteomics-guided AfsR2-dependent 유전자의 발현

  • Kim Myung-Gun (Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Park Hyun-Joo (Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Im Jong-Hyuk (Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Kim Eung-Soo (Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
  • Published : 2006.09.01
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Abstract

AfsR2 is a global regulatory protein involved in the stimulation of secondary metabolite biosynthesis in various Streptomyces species including avermectin-producing S. avermitilis. Among several AfsR2-dependent genes identified from the comparative proteomics, the polyribonucleotide nucleotidyltransferase (PNP) and the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPD) genes were previously proposed to regulate the actinorhodin production in S. lividans upon afsR2 over-expression positively and negatively, respectively. To show the biological significance of the PNP and GPD genes in the S. avermitilis strains, these two genes were functionally expressed in both the wild-type and the avermectin-overproducing mutant strains. The PNP gene expression stimulated secondary metabolite production in the wild-type S. avermitilis ATCC31267, but not in the avermectin-overproducing S. avermitilis ATCC31780. Interestingly, the GDP gene expression stimulated secondary metabolite production by 4-fold in the wild-type S. avermitilis ATCC31267 and by 2.5-fold in the avermectin-overproducing S. avermitilis ATCC31780, respectively. These results suggest that the biological significance of the afsR2-dependent PNP and GPD gene expressions on antibiotic biosynthetic regulation could be significantly different depending on Streptomyces species.

S. lividans에서 클로닝된 조절유전자인 afsR2를 과발현시 나타나는 up-regulated protein과 down-regulated protein 관련 유전자들을 proteomics 방법으로 선별하였고[3], 이를 방선균 발현벡터인 pSE34를 이용하여 제작된 pPNP, pGPD를 S. avermitilis에 형질전환시켜 avermectin 및 이차대사산물의 생산량 차이를 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과 up-regulated protein으로 예상되던 PNP는 wild-type S. avermitilis에서만 제한적으로 avermetin-type 대사산물의 생산성 향상을 촉진시켰으며, 이와 반대로 down-regulated protein으로 예상되었던 GPD는 avermectin-type 대사산물의 생산량을 wild type S. avermitilis에서는 4배, over-producer S. avermitilis에서는 2.5배 증가시켰다. 본 연구결과는, 방선균 조절 단백질들이 이차대사산물의 종류 및 생합성 기작에 따라 전혀 다르게 작용될 수 있음을 암시하며, 향후 이들 조절 단백질들에 대한 보다 구체적인 분자수준에서의 연구 필요성을 제시하고 있다.

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