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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-1-22
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The afsR gene of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) complements afsB mutations affecting production of pigmented antibiotics. It also directs pigment production in Streptomyces lividans when carried on a plasmid vector. Nucleotide sequencing of the afsR gene revealed that it codes for a 993-amino acid protein (Mr 105,600) with A- and B-type ATP-binding consensus sequences at its N-terminal portion and two DNA-binding consensus sequences with a helix-turn-helix motif at its C-terminal portion. Each of the N- and C-terminal halves was capable of conferring pigment production, to some extent, in S. lividans, when carried separately on a multicopy plasmid. In addition, expression in trans of the two regions on the same plasmid conferred pigment production to almost the same extent as did the intact afsR gene. Mutations at the two ATP-binding consensus sequences, that were generated by in vitro site-directed mutagenesis, revealed their functional importance. Disruption of the S. coelicolor A3(2) chromosomal afsR gene in either the N- or C-terminal half using phage phi C31 KC515 resulted in significant, but not complete, loss of pigment production. These data suggest that the AfsR protein comprises two domains, viz., an ATP-binding and a DNA-binding domain, each of which could function as a positive regulator for pigment production. These afsR mutants sporulate normally. In addition to an internal promoter, which we previously detected in the middle of the AfsR coding region, S1 nuclease mapping revealed two tandem transcriptional start points, separated by 64 bp, upstream from a putative ATG start codon of the AfsR product.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Consensus Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Pigmentation, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Streptomyces, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:2253887-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary structure of AfsR, a global regulatory protein for secondary metabolite formation in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't