title: Streptomyces coelicolor DNA homologous with acyltransferase domains of type I polyketide synthase gene complex.
abstract: An acyltransferase-homologous DNA fragment was amplified in a PCR reaction on a cosmid DNA template from the genomic DNA library of the soil bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). The putative amino acid sequence of the fragment resembles acyl-CoA:ACP acyltransferase domains from several bacterial enzymatic complexes of polyketide synthase. There is a high similarity with acyltransferase domains from so-called type I polyketide synthases. Such synthases catalyze production of the aglycone portion of macrolides and polyethers that are important as antibiotics or immunosuppressants. The amplified fragment is considered to be a part of a larger gene complex.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland. kuczek@immuno.iitd.pan.wroc.pl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuczek
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pawlik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kotowska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mordarski
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003360:Cosmids; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D000217:Acyltransferases