title: A hydroxylase-like gene product contributes to synthesis of a polyketide spore pigment in Streptomyces halstedii.
abstract: A gene, schC, adjacent to the sch gene cluster encoding the biosynthesis of a polyketide spore pigment in Streptomyces halstedii was sequenced. Its deduced product resembled flavin adenine nucleotide-containing hydroxylases involved in the biosynthesis of polycyclic aromatic polyketide antibiotics and in catabolic pathways of aromatic compounds. When schC was disrupted, the normally green spores of S. halstedii became lilac. An schC-like gene was located in an equivalent position next to a large gene cluster (whiE) known to determine spore pigment in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Funcional, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pereda
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brian
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Méndez
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Chater
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Salas
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001483:Base Sequence; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D015698:Genomic Library; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010455:Peptides; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D010860:Pigments, Biological; C082450:spore pigment, Streptomyces; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases