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Global regulator BldA regulates morphological differentiation and lincomycin production in Streptomyces lincolnensis

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Title
Global regulator BldA regulates morphological differentiation and lincomycin production in Streptomyces lincolnensis
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Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, March 2018
DOI 10.1007/s00253-018-8900-1
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Bingbing Hou, Liyuan Tao, Xiaoyu Zhu, Wei Wu, Meijin Guo, Jiang Ye, Haizhen Wu, Huizhan Zhang

Abstract

Global regulator BldA, the only tRNA for a rare leucine codon UUA, is best known for its ability to affect morphological differentiation and secondary metabolism in the genus Streptomyces. In this study, we confirmed the regulatory function of the bldA gene (Genbank accession no. EU124663.1) in Streptomyces lincolnensis. Disruption of bldA hinders the sporulation and lincomycin production, that can recur when complemented with a functional bldA gene. Western blotting assays demonstrate that translation of the lmbB2 gene which encodes a L-tyrosine hydroxylase is absolutely dependent on BldA; however, mistranslation of the lmbU gene which encodes a cluster-situated regulator (CSR) is observed in a bldA mutant. Intriguingly, when the preferential cognate codon CTG was used, the expression level of LmbU was not the highest compared to the usage of rare codon TTA or CTA, indicating the rare codon in this position is significant for the regulation of lmbU expression. Moreover, replacement of TTA codons in both genes with another leucin codon in the bldA mutant did not restore lincomycin production. Thus, we believe that the bldA gene regulates lincomycin production via controlling the translation of not only lmbB2 and lmbU, but also the other TTA-containing genes. In conclusion, the present study demonstrated the importance of the bldA gene in morphological differentiation and lincomycin production in S. lincolnensis.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 28%
Researcher 8 28%
Student > Bachelor 4 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Student > Master 1 3%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 4 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 41%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 21%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 7%
Social Sciences 2 7%
Chemistry 1 3%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 21%
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