Heterologous expression of the kanamycin biosynthetic gene cluster (pSKC2) in Streptomyces venezuelae YJ003

Laxmi Prasad Thapa, Tae Jin Oh, Hei Chan Lee, Kwangkyoung Liou, Je Won Park, Yeo Joon Yoon, Jae Kyung Sohng

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Abstract

The pSKC2 cosmid, which has 32 kb and 28 open-reading frames, was isolated from Streptomyces kanamyceticus ATCC12853 as the gene cluster of kanamycin. This gene cluster includes the minimal biosynthetic genes of kanamycin with the resistance and regulatory genes. It was heterologously expressed in Streptomyces venezuelae YJ003, which has the advantage of fast growth, good efficiency of the transformation host, and rapid production of the aminoglycosides antibiotic. The isolated compound was analyzed by electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, high-performance liquid chromatography, and tandem mass spectrometry and shows a molecular weight of 485 as kanamycin A.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1357-1364
Number of pages8
JournalApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Volume76
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007 Oct
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This work was supported by Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (grant no. 10023194) and by a grant (no. 20050401034682) from the BioGreen 21 Program, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

Keywords

  • Heterologous expression
  • Kanamycin
  • Streptomyces kanamyceticus ATCC 12853
  • Streptomyces venezuelae YJ003

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

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