Proteomining-Based Elucidation of Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways in Streptomyces

The genus Streptomyces is known to harbor numerous biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) of potential utility in synthetic biology applications. However, it is often difficult to link uncharacterized BGCs with the secondary metabolites they produce. Proteomining refers to the strategy of identifying act...

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Main Authors: Darwin Linardi, Weiyi She, Qian Zhang, Yi Yu, Pei-Yuan Qian, Henry Lam
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.913756/full
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author Darwin Linardi
Weiyi She
Weiyi She
Weiyi She
Qian Zhang
Yi Yu
Pei-Yuan Qian
Pei-Yuan Qian
Henry Lam
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Weiyi She
Weiyi She
Weiyi She
Qian Zhang
Yi Yu
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Henry Lam
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description The genus Streptomyces is known to harbor numerous biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) of potential utility in synthetic biology applications. However, it is often difficult to link uncharacterized BGCs with the secondary metabolites they produce. Proteomining refers to the strategy of identifying active BGCs by correlating changes in protein expression with the production of secondary metabolites of interest. In this study, we devised a shotgun proteomics-based workflow to identify active BGCs during fermentation when a variety of compounds are being produced. Mycelia harvested during the non-producing growth phase served as the background. Proteins that were differentially expressed were clustered based on the proximity of the genes in the genome to highlight active BGCs systematically from label-free quantitative proteomics data. Our software tool is easy-to-use and requires only 1 point of comparison where natural product biosynthesis was significantly different. We tested our proteomining clustering method on three Streptomyces species producing different compounds. In Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), we detected the BGCs of calcium-dependent antibiotic, actinorhodin, undecylprodigiosin, and coelimycin P1. In Streptomyces chrestomyceticus BCC24770, 7 BGCs were identified. Among them, we independently re-discovered the type II PKS for albofungin production previously identified by genome mining and tedious heterologous expression experiments. In Streptomyces tenebrarius, 5 BGCs were detected, including the known apramycin and tobramycin BGC as well as a newly discovered caerulomycin A BGC in this species. The production of caerulomycin A was confirmed by LC-MS and the inactivation of the caerulomycin A BGC surprisingly had a significant impact on the secondary metabolite regulation of S. tenebrarius. In conclusion, we developed an unbiased, high throughput proteomics-based method to complement genome mining methods for the identification of biosynthetic pathways in Streptomyces sp.
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spelling doaj.art-d2dd776afff14ae88588d641b62147a72022-12-22T01:40:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2022-07-011310.3389/fmicb.2022.913756913756Proteomining-Based Elucidation of Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways in StreptomycesDarwin Linardi0Weiyi She1Weiyi She2Weiyi She3Qian Zhang4Yi Yu5Pei-Yuan Qian6Pei-Yuan Qian7Henry Lam8Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaSouthern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaSZU-HKUST Joint PhD Program in Marine Environmental Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaDepartment of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHubei Clinical Center and Key Laboratory of Intestinal and Colorectal Disease, Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaHubei Clinical Center and Key Laboratory of Intestinal and Colorectal Disease, Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaSouthern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaDepartment of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaThe genus Streptomyces is known to harbor numerous biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) of potential utility in synthetic biology applications. However, it is often difficult to link uncharacterized BGCs with the secondary metabolites they produce. Proteomining refers to the strategy of identifying active BGCs by correlating changes in protein expression with the production of secondary metabolites of interest. In this study, we devised a shotgun proteomics-based workflow to identify active BGCs during fermentation when a variety of compounds are being produced. Mycelia harvested during the non-producing growth phase served as the background. Proteins that were differentially expressed were clustered based on the proximity of the genes in the genome to highlight active BGCs systematically from label-free quantitative proteomics data. Our software tool is easy-to-use and requires only 1 point of comparison where natural product biosynthesis was significantly different. We tested our proteomining clustering method on three Streptomyces species producing different compounds. In Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), we detected the BGCs of calcium-dependent antibiotic, actinorhodin, undecylprodigiosin, and coelimycin P1. In Streptomyces chrestomyceticus BCC24770, 7 BGCs were identified. Among them, we independently re-discovered the type II PKS for albofungin production previously identified by genome mining and tedious heterologous expression experiments. In Streptomyces tenebrarius, 5 BGCs were detected, including the known apramycin and tobramycin BGC as well as a newly discovered caerulomycin A BGC in this species. The production of caerulomycin A was confirmed by LC-MS and the inactivation of the caerulomycin A BGC surprisingly had a significant impact on the secondary metabolite regulation of S. tenebrarius. In conclusion, we developed an unbiased, high throughput proteomics-based method to complement genome mining methods for the identification of biosynthetic pathways in Streptomyces sp.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.913756/fullStreptomycesproteomicssynthetic biologynatural productActinobacteriabiosynthetic gene cluster (BGC)
spellingShingle Darwin Linardi
Weiyi She
Weiyi She
Weiyi She
Qian Zhang
Yi Yu
Pei-Yuan Qian
Pei-Yuan Qian
Henry Lam
Proteomining-Based Elucidation of Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways in Streptomyces
Frontiers in Microbiology
Streptomyces
proteomics
synthetic biology
natural product
Actinobacteria
biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC)
title Proteomining-Based Elucidation of Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways in Streptomyces
title_full Proteomining-Based Elucidation of Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways in Streptomyces
title_fullStr Proteomining-Based Elucidation of Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways in Streptomyces
title_full_unstemmed Proteomining-Based Elucidation of Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways in Streptomyces
title_short Proteomining-Based Elucidation of Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways in Streptomyces
title_sort proteomining based elucidation of natural product biosynthetic pathways in streptomyces
topic Streptomyces
proteomics
synthetic biology
natural product
Actinobacteria
biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC)
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.913756/full
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