title: Cloning, sequencing, and function of sanF: A gene involved in nikkomycin biosynthesis of Streptomyces ansochromogenes.
abstract: A 111-bp DNA fragment related to nikkomycin biosynthesis of Streptomyces ansochromogenes 7100 was obtained with the method of reverse genetics. Then, a 2.2-kb DNA fragment was cloned from the DNA library of S. ansochromogenes 7100 by using the 111-bp fragment as a probe. Sequence analysis showed that the fragment contains one complete open reading frame (ORF) that encodes a 219-amino acid (aa) protein, and this gene was designated sanF (GenBank Accession No. AF223971). The function of the sanF gene was studied by a strategy of gene disruption, and the resulting sanF mutants lost the ability to synthesize biologically active nikkomycin, indicating that sanF is essential for nikkomycin biosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2714, Beijing 100080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C419145:SanF protein, Streptomyces ansochromogenes; C011952:nikkomycin