Regulation of sinefungin biosynthesis by the wild-type strain and mutants of Streptomyces incarnatus.
AUTOR(ES)
Malina, H
RESUMO
Sinefungin, an antifungal and antiparasitic antibiotic, is produced efficiently from ammonium citrate by prototrophic strains of Streptomyces incarnatus. The regulation of the biosynthesis of this nucleoside, composed of adenosine and ornithine, was studied by using auxotrophic mutants and a resting-cell system. Mutants blocked in arginine synthesis were not able to produce sinefungin. A uridine-negative mutant produced sinefungin in the presence of ATP, but this production was strongly inhibited when amino acids of the urea cycle were added. The same mutant produced sinefungin from aspartic acid, and this production was enhanced by ornithine. Our results show that the ornithine part of the molecule originates from arginine, liberated by either anabolic or catabolic processes.
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