Abstract
Maduramicin is the most efficient and possesses the largest market share of all anti-coccidiosis polyether antibiotics (ionophore); however, its biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) has yet to been identified, and the associated strains have not been genetically engineered. Herein, we performed whole-genome sequencing of a maduramicin-producing industrial strain of Actinomadura sp. J1-007 and identified its BGC. Additionally, we analyzed the identified BGCs in silico to predict the biosynthetic pathway of maduramicin. We then developed a conjugation method for the non-spore-forming Actinomadura sp. J1-007, consisting of a site-specific integration method for gene overexpression. The maduramicin titer increased by 30% to 7.16 g/L in shake-flask fermentation following overexpression of type II thioesterase MadTE that is the highest titer at present. Our findings provide insights into the biosynthetic mechanism of polyethers and provide a platform for the metabolic engineering of maduramicin-producing microorganisms for overproduction and development of maduramicin analogs in the future.
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Abbreviations
- BGC:
-
Biosynthetic gene cluster
- PKS:
-
Polyketide synthase
- ORF:
-
Open reading frame
- T1PKS:
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Type I polyketide synthase
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This work was supported by funding from National Key R&D Program of China 2018YFA0900400, Hubei Natural Science Fund Project 2017CFA054, and J1 Biotech Co., Ltd.
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Liu, R., Fang, F., An, Z. et al. Genomics-driven discovery of the biosynthetic gene cluster of maduramicin and its overproduction in Actinomadura sp. J1-007. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 47, 275–285 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-019-02256-5
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