Sequencing and modular analysis of the hybrid non-ribosomal peptide synthase - polyketide synthase gene cluster from the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve-associated bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain NJ631

Can J Microbiol. 2009 Mar;55(3):219-27. doi: 10.1139/w08-125.

Abstract

In the present study, we sought to confirm a putative non-ribosomal peptide synthase (NRPS) - polyketide synthase (PKS) gene cluster in marine sponge-associated bacterium with cytotoxic activity and elucidate the gene's structural information. The genomic library of the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve-associated bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain NJ631 was constructed using a pCC1FOS fosmid. Positive clones that covered the whole gene cluster region of hybrid NRPS-PKS were selected for shotgun sequencing. The results obtained from BlastX and open reading frame (ORF) analysis indicated that there are 3 big ORFs, NJA1, NJA2, and NJA3, that encoded proteins with similarities to amino acid adenylation, beta-ketoacyl synthase, and non-ribosomal peptide synthase, respectively, from different organisms. The results gave us a clue that there could be PKS or NRPS modules in the 3 ORFs. Further analysis demonstrated 3 ORFs encoding 2 NRPS modules, 1 PKS module, and 3 NRPS modules. Using the specificity-conferring selection rule, the substrate specificity of 4 adenylation (A) domains (A2, A3, A4, and A5) were successfully predicted, and the amino acids of the substrate specificity were glutamic acid - glutamine, serine, D-serine, and Aeo (2-amino-9,10-epoxy-8-oxodecanoic acid), respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Computational Biology / methods
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • Genomic Library
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Multigene Family*
  • Open Reading Frames / genetics
  • Peptide Synthases / chemistry
  • Peptide Synthases / genetics*
  • Peptide Synthases / metabolism
  • Phylogeny
  • Polyketide Synthases / chemistry
  • Polyketide Synthases / genetics*
  • Polyketide Synthases / metabolism
  • Porifera / microbiology*
  • Pseudoalteromonas / classification
  • Pseudoalteromonas / enzymology*
  • Pseudoalteromonas / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA*
  • Substrate Specificity

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Polyketide Synthases
  • Peptide Synthases
  • non-ribosomal peptide synthase

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ666949
  • GENBANK/EU364530