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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2021

A single-domain small protein Med-ORF10 regulates the production of antitumour agent medermycin in Streptomyces.

Xiaofeng Cai, Caiyun Li, Koji Ichinose, Yali Jiang, Ming Liu, Huili Wang, Caixia Gong, Le Li, Juan Wan, Yiming Zhao and 2 more

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Xiaofeng Cai *Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China.
Caiyun Li *Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China.
Koji Ichinose *Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Musashino University, Tokyo, 202-8585, Japan.
Yali JiangThe College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
Ming LiuThe College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
Huili WangThe College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
Caixia GongThe College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
Le LiThe College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
Juan WanThe College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
Yiming ZhaoHelmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China.
Qing YangState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Songhu Road 2005, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Aiying LiHelmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6732-921X
Central China Normal University · CNShandong University · CNFudan University · CNMusashino University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Med-ORF10, a single-domain protein with unknown function encoded by a gene located in a gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of a novel antitumour antibiotic medermycin, shares high homology to a group of small proteins widely distributed in many aromatic polyketide antibiotic pathways. This group of proteins contain a nuclear transport factor-2 (NTF-2) domain and appear to undergo an evolutionary divergence in their functions. Gene knockout and interspecies complementation suggested that Med-ORF10 plays a regulatory role in medermycin biosynthetic pathway. Overexpression of med-ORF10 in its wild-type strain led to significant increase of medermycin production. It was also shown by qRT-PCR and Western blot that Med-ORF10 controls the expression of genes encoding tailoring enzymes involved in medermycin biosynthesis. Transcriptome analysis and qRT-PCR revealed that Med-ORF10 has pleiotropic effects on more targets. However, there is no similar conserved domain available in Med-ORF10 compared to those of mechanistically known regulatory proteins; meanwhile, no direct interaction between Med-ORF10 and its target promoter DNA was detected via gel shift assay. All these studies suggest that Med-ORF10 regulates medermycin biosynthesis probably via an indirect mode.

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Antineoplastic AgentsNaphthoquinonesStreptomycesBenzoisochromanequinonesGene Expression Regulation, BacterialMultigene FamilyAntineoplastic AgentsBenzoisochromanequinonesmedermycinNaphthoquinones

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PMID34139068
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