title: Cloning and nucleotide sequence of fosfomycin biosynthetic genes of Streptomyces wedmorensis.
abstract: The biosynthetic pathway for production of the antibiotic fosfomycin by Streptomyces wedmorensis consists of four steps including the formation of a C-P bond and an epoxide. Fosfomycin production genes were cloned from genomic DNA using S. wedmorensis mutants blocked at different steps of the biosynthetic pathway. Four genes corresponding to each of the biosynthetic steps were found to be clustered in a DNA fragment of about 5 kb. Nucleotide sequencing of a large fragment revealed the presence of ten open reading frames, including the four biosynthetic genes and six genes with unknown functions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuzuyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takei
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seto
mesh_terms: D000079:Acetaldehyde / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000615:Aminoethylphosphonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005578:Fosfomycin / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009154:Mutation; D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate / Q000378:metabolism; D017875:Phosphotransferases (Phosphomutases) / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C003126:phosphonoacetaldehyde; D005578:Fosfomycin; D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate; D000615:Aminoethylphosphonic Acid; D017875:Phosphotransferases (Phosphomutases); C057167:phosphoenolpyruvate mutase; D000079:Acetaldehyde