SEQUENCE COMPLETION, IDENTIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF THE FENGYCIN OPERON IN BACILLUS-SUBTILIS-168

Authors
TOSATO V ALBERTINI AM ZOTTI M SONDA S BRUSCHI CV
Citation
V. Tosato et al., SEQUENCE COMPLETION, IDENTIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF THE FENGYCIN OPERON IN BACILLUS-SUBTILIS-168, Microbiology, 143, 1997, pp. 3443-3450
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
13500872
Volume
143
Year of publication
1997
Part
11
Pages
3443 - 3450
Database
ISI
SICI code
1350-0872(1997)143:<3443:SCIADO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A 15 kb DNA fragment from the Bacillus subtilis chromosome between cit B and ppsC has been sequenced, and new ORFs encoding putative enzymes involved in lipopolypeptide synthesis, which complete a partial operon previously reported, and a new set of enzymes responsible for lipid m etabolism have been identified. From the analysis of DNA sequence homo logy of the fragment it was deduced that these new peptide synthetase genes are part of an operon for the biosynthesis of the fungicide feng ycin.