Characterization of the ferrichrome A biosynthetic gene cluster in the homobasidiomycete Omphalotus olearius

FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2005 Aug 1;249(1):157-63. doi: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.06.013.

Abstract

Under iron deprivation Omphalotus olearius was found to produce the hydroxamate siderophore ferrichrome A. A gene cluster consisting of three genes: fso1, a nonribosomal peptide synthetase whose expression is enhanced in the absence of iron; omo1, a l-ornithine-N(5)-monooxygenase; and ato1, an acyltransferase probably involved in the transfer of the methylglutaconyl residue to N(5)-hydroxyorinithine was identified. The fso1 sequence is interrupted by 48 introns and its derived protein sequence has a similar structure to the homologous genes of Ustilago maydis and Aspergillus nidulans. This is the first report of a nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene and a biosynthetic gene cluster in homobasidiomycetes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acyltransferases / genetics
  • Acyltransferases / metabolism
  • Agaricales / genetics
  • Agaricales / growth & development
  • Agaricales / metabolism*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Ferrichrome / metabolism*
  • Fungal Proteins / genetics
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
  • Iron / metabolism
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases / genetics
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases / metabolism
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Multigene Family*
  • Peptide Synthases / genetics
  • Peptide Synthases / metabolism
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Fungal Proteins
  • Ferrichrome
  • Iron
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases
  • ornithine N5-oxygenase
  • Acyltransferases
  • Peptide Synthases
  • non-ribosomal peptide synthase

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY929616
  • GENBANK/AY929617
  • GENBANK/AY929618