Cloning and sequencing of a gene encoding carminomycin 4-O-methyltransferase from Streptomyces peucetius and its expression in Escherichia coli.
Sequence analysis of a portion of the Streptomyces peucetius daunorubicin biosynthetic gene cluster revealed a complete open reading frame (dnrK) that showed DNA and protein sequence homology to several O-methyltransferases. Expression of dnrK in Streptomyces lividans and Escherichia coli was done to show that this gene codes for carminomycin 4-O-methyltransferase. The deduced carminomycin 4-O-methyltransferase protein shows a conserved nucleotide binding site for its S-adenosyl-L-methionine cofactor.
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School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000235:genetics*
D008780:Methyltransferases; C081621:carminomycin 4-O-methyltransferase