Chapter 6. Regulation of antibiotic production by bacterial hormones
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BiBTeXAntibiotic production is regulated by numerous signals, including the so-called bacterial hormones found in antibiotic producing organisms such as Streptomyces. These signals, the gamma-butyrolactones, are produced in very small quantities, which has hindered their structural elucidation and made it difficult to assess whether they are being produced. In this chapter, we describe a rapid small-scale extraction method from either solid or liquid cultures in scales of one plate or 50 ml of medium. Also described is a bioassay to detect the gamma-butyrolactones by determining either the production of pigmented antibiotic of Streptomyces coelicolor or kanamycin resistant growth on addition of the gamma-butyrolactones. We also describe some insights into the identification of the gamma-butyrolactone receptor and its targets and also the gel retardation conditions with three differently labeled probes.
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Journal: Meth. Enzymol.
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Date Published: 21st Apr 2009
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Institutions: University of Warwick
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Global metabolic switching in Streptomyces coelicolor
Antibiotics are made during the second phase of growth when there is a transition in metabolism from primary to secondary metabolism. Primary metabolism is growth related and involves all the normal cellular activities associated with cell growth and division. Whereas secondary metabolism is non-growth linked and is non-essential but many important activities occur during this phase which help the bacterium survive.
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