Enguita F J, Coque J J, Liras P, Martin J F
Area of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of León, 24071 León, Spain.
J Bacteriol. 1998 Oct;180(20):5489-94. doi: 10.1128/JB.180.20.5489-5494.1998.
The nine biosynthesis genes of the Nocardia lactamdurans cephamycin cluster are expressed as three different mRNAs initiating at promoters latp, cefDp, and pcbABp, as shown by low-resolution S1 nuclease protection assays and Northern blotting analysis. Bidirectional expression occurred from divergent promoters (latp and cefDp) located in a 629-bp intergenic region that contains three heptameric direct repeats similar to those recognized by members of the SARP (Streptomyces antibiotic regulatory proteins) family. The lat gene is transcribed in a single monocistronic transcript initiating at latp. A second unusually long polycistronic mRNA (more than 16 kb) corresponding to six biosynthesis genes (pcbAB, pcbC, cmcI, cmcJ, cefF, and cmcH) started at pcbABp. A third polycistronic mRNA corresponding to the cefD and cefE genes started at cefDp.
通过低分辨率S1核酸酶保护试验和Northern印迹分析表明,诺卡氏菌内酰胺杜兰头孢霉素簇的九个生物合成基因以三种不同的mRNA形式表达,分别起始于启动子latp、cefDp和pcbABp。双向表达发生在位于629 bp基因间区域的发散启动子(latp和cefDp),该区域包含三个七聚体直接重复序列,类似于被SARP(链霉菌抗生素调节蛋白)家族成员识别的序列。lat基因在起始于latp的单个单顺反子转录本中被转录。第二个异常长的多顺反子mRNA(超过16 kb)对应六个生物合成基因(pcbAB、pcbC、cmcI、cmcJ、cefF和cmcH),起始于pcbABp。第三个对应cefD和cefE基因的多顺反子mRNA起始于cefDp。