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- Title
A visualization reporter system for characterizing antibiotic biosynthetic gene clusters expression with high-sensitivity.
- Authors
Liu, Xiang; Li, Jine; Li, Yue; Li, Junyue; Sun, Huiying; Zheng, Jiazhen; Zhang, Jihui; Tan, Huarong
- Abstract
The crisis of antibiotic resistance has become an impending global problem. Genome sequencing reveals that streptomycetes have the potential to produce many more bioactive compounds that may combat the emerging pathogens. The existing challenge is to devise sensitive reporter systems for mining valuable antibiotics. Here, we report a visualization reporter system based on Gram-negative bacterial acyl-homoserine lactone quorum-sensing (VRS-bAHL). AHL synthase gene (cviI) of Chromobacterium violaceum as reporter gene is expressed in Gram-positive Streptomyces to synthesize AHL, which is detected with CV026, an AHL deficient mutant of C. violaceum, via its violacein production upon AHL induction. Validation assays prove that VRS-bAHL can be widely used for characterizing gene expression in Streptomyces. With the guidance of VRS-bAHL, a novel oxazolomycin derivative is discovered to the best of our knowledge. The results demonstrate that VRS-bAHL is a powerful tool for advancing genetic regulation studies and discovering valuable active metabolites in microorganisms. A quorum sensing based visualization reporter system is presented for the characterization of promoters in Gram-positive bacteria, utilizing violacein production, especially for use in the identification of secondary metabolites.
- Subjects
ACYL-homoserine lactones; QUORUM sensing; GENE expression; GENETIC regulation; ANTIBIOTICS; CHROMOBACTERIUM violaceum; GRAM-positive bacteria; GENE clusters; REPORTER genes
- Publication
Communications Biology, 2022, Vol 5, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2399-3642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s42003-022-03832-9