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We have isolated a mutant lacking 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase activity from a terpenoid antibiotic (terpentecin) producer, Streptomyces griseolosporeus MF730-N6, which uses both the mevalonate and nonmevalonate pathways for the formation of isopentenyl diphosphate, by screening terpentecin non-producing mutants. Terpentecin is known to be synthesized via the mevalonate pathway. The gene encoding HMG-CoA reductase (hmgg) was cloned and identified by complementation of the mutant, using a self-cloning system developed in this study for strain MF730-N6. The corresponding hmgs gene for HMG-CoA reductase was also cloned from Streptomyces sp. KO-3988, which produces the terpenoid antibiotic furaquinocin. Sequence analysis of hmgg and hmgs showed that both genes encode polypeptides of 353 amino acids which are 84% identical to each other. A search of protein sequence databases revealed that both gene products were also similar to HMG-CoA reductases from a variety of other organisms, including Streptomyces sp. CL190 (hmgg is 89% and hmgs 85% identical to its CL190 homolog), sea urchin (40.3 and 40.5%), German cockroach (37.6 and 38.4%), and Camptotheca acuminata (39.7 and 40.8%).
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Received: 17 May 1999 / Accepted: 10 September 1999
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Dairi, T., Motohira, Y., Itoh, N. et al. Cloning of the gene encoding 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase from terpenoid antibiotic-producing Streptomyces strains. Mol Gen Genet 262, 957–964 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00008664
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00008664