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The aminocoumarin biosynthetic gene clusters of streptomyces: structural and functional analysis

Reference	BBS/E/J/0000A153
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor David Lawson
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Sara Austin, Professor Mark Buttner, Professor Anthony Maxwell
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	176,548
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/12/2003
End date	30/11/2006
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The aminocoumarin antibiotics novobiocin, clorobiocin and coumermycin A1 are secondary metabolites from Streptomyces that specifically inhibit the bacterial enzyme DNA gyrase. The gene clusters encoding their biosynthetic pathways have been cloned and sequenced. Plausible roles have been assigned to many of these genes, while others encode proteins of no known function. Concentrating principally on the novobiocin pathway, we will use a combination of X-ray crystallography, molecular modelling and molecular biology/biochemistry methods to determine the structure/function of these enzymes towards the goals of fundamental understanding of the metabolic pathways, and the generation of novel secondary metabolites with therapeutic potential.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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