title: Cyclic AMP directly activates NasP, an N-acyl amino acid antibiotic biosynthetic enzyme cloned from an uncultured beta-proteobacterium.
abstract: The cyclic AMP (cAMP)-dependent biosynthesis of N-acylphenylalanine antibiotics by NasP, an environmental DNA-derived N-acyl amino acid synthase, is controlled by an NasP-associated cyclic nucleotide-binding domain and is independent of the global cAMP signal transducer, cAMP receptor protein. A 16S rRNA gene sequence found on the same environmental DNA cosmid as NasP is most closely related to 16S sequences from beta-proteobacteria.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Genetically Encoded Small Molecules, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clardy
authors.forename: Sean F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Brady
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020562:Betaproteobacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D019731:Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D019731:Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases