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SUBMITTER: Steffensky M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC89847 | biostudies-literature | 2000 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Steffensky M M Mühlenweg A A Wang Z X ZX Li S M SM Heide L L
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20000501 5
The novobiocin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces spheroides NCIB 11891 was cloned by using homologous deoxynucleoside diphosphate (dNDP)-glucose 4,6-dehydratase gene fragments as probes. Double-stranded sequencing of 25.6 kb revealed the presence of 23 putative open reading frames (ORFs), including the gene for novobiocin resistance, gyrB(r), and at least 11 further ORFs to which a possible role in novobiocin biosynthesis could be assigned. An insertional inactivation experiment with a ...[more]