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Activation, incorporation and modification of capreomycidine during viomycin biosynthesis

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dc.contributor Zabriskie, T, Mark
dc.contributor Ho, Emily
dc.contributor Rockey, Daniel D.
dc.contributor Mahmud, Taifo
dc.contributor Maier, Claudia S.
dc.date 2007-01-18T15:56:43Z
dc.date 2007-01-18T15:56:43Z
dc.date 2006-12-14
dc.date 2007-01-18T15:56:43Z
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:43:52Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:43:52Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1957/3802
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1957/3802
dc.description Graduation date: 2007
dc.description Molecular genetic and enzymological techniques have been employed to study antibiotic biosynthesis. The nonproteinogenic amino acid capreomycidine is the signature residue found in the tuberactinomycin family of antitubercular peptide antibiotics and an important element of the pharmacophore. Recombinant VioG, a single module peptide synthetase from the viomycin gene cluster cloned from Streptomyces vinaceus (ATCC11861), is shown to specifically activate capreomycidine for incorporation into viomycin (tuberactinomycin B). Insertional gene disruption of the putative hydroxylase gene vioQ resulted in a mutant that accumulated tuberactinomycin O, confirming that hydroxylation at C-5 of the capreomycidine residue is a post-assembly event. The inactivated chromosomal copy of vioQ could be complemented with a wild-type copy of the gene to restore viomycin production. Chimeric genes have been constructed in an attempt to generate viomycin analogs containing enduracididine residue in place of capreomycidine. The expression of these genes resulted in insoluble proteins. Further investigation is needed to obtain functional chimeric NRPS modules to produce viomycin analogs containing enduracididine.
dc.language en_US
dc.subject Viomycin
dc.subject Biosynthesis
dc.title Activation, incorporation and modification of capreomycidine during viomycin biosynthesis
dc.type Thesis


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