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Development and application of a T7 RNA polymerase-dependent expression system for antibiotic production improvement
Junhong Wei1,2, Jinjin Tian1,2, Guoqing Pan1,2
1State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
Objective:
To develop a reliable and easy to use expression system for antibiotic production improvement of Streptomyces.
Results:
A two-compound T7 RNA polymerase-dependent gene expression system was developed to fulfill this demand. In this system, the T7 RNA polymerase coding sequence was optimized based on the codon usage of Streptomyces coelicolor. To evaluate the functionality of this system, we constructed an activator gene overexpression strain for enhancement of actinorhodin production. By overexpression of the positive regulator actII-ORF4 with this system, the maximum actinorhodin yield of engineered strain was 15-fold higher and the fermentation time was decreased by 48 h.
Conclusion:
The modified two-compound T7 expression system improves both antibiotic production and accelerates the fermentation process in Streptomyces. This provides a general and useful strategy for strain improvement of important antibiotic producing Streptomyces strains.
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