Sp. Mccormick et al., ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TRI3, A GENE ENCODING 15-O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE FROM FUSARIUM SPOROTRICHIOIDES, Applied and environmental microbiology, 62(2), 1996, pp. 353-359
An acetyltransferase gene (Tri3) was isolated from Fusarium sporotrich
ioifes by complementation of a previously identified Tri3(-) mutant an
d shown to be closely linked to three other trichothecene biosynthetic
pathway genes, Comparison of the Tri3 sequence with its cDNA revealed
the presence of four introns, The Tri3 cDNA contains a 1,539-bp open
reading frame that encodes a protein with a molecular mass of 57,418 D
a. Regulation of Tri3 transcription in liquid cultures appeared identi
cal to that of other trichothecene pathway genes. Disruption of the Tr
i3 gene resulted in the accumulation of deacetylated calonectrins rath
er than T-2 toxin. The results of whole-cell feeding experiments with
Tr3(-) strains suggested that 15-O-acetylation is blocked. Cell-free f
eeding experiments confirmed that Tri3(-) strains are able to acetylat
e a trichothecene C-3 hydroxyl group but are unable to acetylate a tri
chothecene C-15 hydroxyl group. Our results show that Tri3 encodes an
acetyltransferase that converts 15-decalonectrin to calonectrin.