Streptomyces genes involved in aerial mycelium formation
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- 15 July 1996
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 141 (1) , 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1097(96)00170-x
Abstract
Cloning of genes as suppressors of the aerial mycelium-defective phenotype of Streptomyces griseus HH1 resulting from A-factor-deficiency has led to the identification of several genes, including amfR, amfAlamfB, amfC , and orf1590 . These genes are involved in aerial mycelium formation independent of secondary metabolic function. Among these, AmfR which belongs to the family of response regulators of two-component regulatory systems and AmfA/AmfB similar to ATP-dependent membrane translocators are analogous to the multicomponent phosphorelay and the Spo0K system, respectively, both of which are required for the initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis . Involvement of a protein serine/threonine kinase in aerial mycelium formation is also suggested, because the Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) afsK gene encoding a ‘eukaryotic’-type protein kinase reverses the aerial mycelium-defective phenotype of strain HH1, independent of secondary metabolic function.Keywords
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