title: Cloning of a gene cluster encoding enzymes responsible for the mevalonate pathway from a terpenoid-antibiotic-producing Streptomyces strain.
abstract: A gene cluster encoding enzymes responsible for the mevalonate pathway was isolated from Streptomyces griseolosporeus strain MF730-N6, a terpenoid-antibiotic terpentecin producer, by searching a flanking region of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase gene, which had been previously isolated by complementation. By DNA sequencing of an 8.9-kb BamHI fragment, 7 genes encoding geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGDPS), mevalonate kinase (MK), mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (MDPD), phosphomevalonate kinase (PMK), isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) isomerase, HMG-CoA reductase, and HMG-CoA synthase were suggested to exist in that order. Heterologous expression of these genes in E. coli and Streptomyces lividans, both of which have only the nonmevalonate pathways, suggested that the genes for the mevalonate pathway were included in the cloned DNA fragment. The GGDPS, MK, MDPD, PMK, IPP isomerase, and HMG-CoA synthase were expressed in E. coli. Among them, the recombinant GGDPS, MK, and IPP isomerase were confirmed to have the expected activities. This is the first report, to the best of our knowledge, about eubacterial MK with direct evidence.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Center, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dairi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuzuyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seto
mesh_terms: D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019748:Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D051231:Farnesyltranstransferase; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D045782:Hemiterpenes; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006904:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008798:Mevalonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D005810:Multigene Family; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017856:Phosphotransferases (Phosphate Group Acceptor) / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004224:Diterpenes; D045782:Hemiterpenes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C047785:terpentecin; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases; D006904:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; D051231:Farnesyltranstransferase; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C021796:mevalonate kinase; D017856:Phosphotransferases (Phosphate Group Acceptor); C022371:phosphomevalonate kinase; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; C022503:pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase; D019748:Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases; C021453:isopentenyldiphosphate delta-isomerase; D008798:Mevalonic Acid