title: Saccharopolyspora hirsuta 367 encodes clustered genes similar to ketoacyl synthase, ketoacyl reductase, acyl carrier protein, and biotin carboxyl carrier protein.
abstract: The actI gene, encoding a component of the actinorhodin polyketide synthase of Streptomyces coelicolor, was used to identify and clone a homologous 11.7 kb BamHI DNA fragment from Saccharopolyspora hirsuta 367. The cloned fragment complemented actinorhodin production in a strain of Streptomyces coelicolor bearing a mutant actI gene. The DNA sequence of a 5.1 kb fragment revealed 6 open reading frames (ORF). ORF1 does not resemble any known DNA or deduced protein sequence, while the deduced protein sequence of ORF2 resembles that of biotin carboxyl carrier proteins. Based on the similarity to deduced protein sequences from cloned genes of polyketide producers, ORF3 would code for a ketoreductase, ORF4 and ORF5 for the putative heterodimeric beta-ketoacyl synthase, and ORF6 for an acyl carrier protein.
authors.affiliation: Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke (Québec), Canada.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Gouill
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Desmarais
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Déry
mesh_terms: D064431:3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Reductase; D015099:3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthase / Q000235:genetics; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics*; D016930:Saccharopolyspora / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D064431:3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Reductase; D015099:3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthase