Multicopy proC in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) elicits a transient production of prodiginines, while proC deletion does not yield a proline auxotroph

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Abstract

The last step of proline biosynthesis is typically catalysed by the enzyme Delta(1)-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase, encoded by the proC gene. Complete genome sequencing of Streptomyces coelicolor, a soil-dwelling Gram-positive bacterium that uses proline as a precursor for synthesis of prodiginine, revealed a single copy of this gene. Unexpectedly, disruption of this proC homologue (Sco3337) in S. coelicolor M145 yielded a prototrophic strain, yet the reductase activity of Sco3337 was confirmed by complementation of an Escherichia coli proC mutant. Multicopy proC within different genetic contexts elicited a transient production of prodiginines, which showed differential production kinetics of the two most common forms of this natural product produced by S. coelicolor, i.e. streptorubin B (cyclic) and undecylprodigiosin (linear). The metabolic and evolutionary implications of these observations are discussed. Copyright (C) 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel

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