title: Spatio-temporal expression of the pathway-specific regulatory gene redD in S. coelicolor.
abstract: Confocal laser scanning microscopy was used to observe the spatio-temporal expression of the pathway-specific gene redD during S. coelicolor cell cultivation. The corresponding mutant S. coelicolor lyqRY1522 carrying redD::eyfp in the chromosome was constructed. The temporal expression results of the fusion protein during submerged cultivation demonstrated that expression of redD began in the transition phase, continuing through the exponential growth phase to the stationary phase, and reached maximum in the stationary phase. On the other hand, redD was expressed only in substrate mycelia during solid-state culture, while aerial mycelia remained essentially non-fluorescent throughout culture. Results demonstrated that the expression pattern of redD coincides with that of the biosynthesis of the antibiotics during culture, revealing a direct correlation between the spatio-temporal distribution of regulatory gene expression and second metabolism.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Li-hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yu-qin
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yong-quan
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D009154:Mutation; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D048372:Streptomyces coelicolor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; C077706:redD protein, Streptomyces coelicolor