Publication: Avenolide, a Streptomyces hormone controlling antibiotic production in Streptomyces avermitilis
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2011-09-27
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10916490
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Mahidol University
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol.108, No.39 (2011), 16410-16415
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Shigeru Kitani, Kiyoko T. Miyamoto, Satoshi Takamatsu, Elisa Herawati, Hiroyuki Iguchi, Kouhei Nishitomi, Miho Uchida, Tohru Nagamitsu, Satoshi Omura, Haruo Ikeda, Takuya Nihira Avenolide, a Streptomyces hormone controlling antibiotic production in Streptomyces avermitilis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol.108, No.39 (2011), 16410-16415. doi:10.1073/pnas.1113908108 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/12908
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Avenolide, a Streptomyces hormone controlling antibiotic production in Streptomyces avermitilis
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Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are industrially important microorganisms, producing > 70% of commercially important antibiotics. The production of these compounds is often regulated by low-molecular-weight bacterial hormones called autoregulators. Although 60% of Streptomyces strains may use γ-butyrolactone-type molecules as autoregulators and some use furan- type molecules, little is known about the signaling molecules used to regulate antibiotic production in many other members of this genus. Here, we purified a signaling molecule (avenolide) from Streptomyces avermitilis - the producer of the important anthelmintic agent avermectin with annual world sales of $850 million - and determined its structure, including stereochemistry, by spectroscopic analysis and chemical synthesis as (4S,10R)-10-hydroxy-10- methyl-9-oxo-dodec-2-en-1,4-olide, a class of Streptomyces autoregulator. Avenolide is essential for eliciting avermectin production and is effective at nanomolar concentrations with a minimum effective concentration of 4 nM. The aco gene of S. avermitilis, which encodes an acyl-CoA oxidase, is required for avenolide biosynthesis, and homologs are also present in Streptomyces fradiae, Streptomyces ghanaensis, and Streptomyces griseoauranticus, suggesting that butenolide-type autoregulators may represent a widespread and another class of Streptomyces autoregulator involved in regulating antibiotic production.