Summary
Butenyl-spinosyn produced by
Saccharopolyspora pogona
exhibits strong insecticidal activity and a broad pesticidal spectrum. Currently, important functional genes involved in butenyl-spinosyn biosynthesis remain unknown, which leads to difficulty in efficient understanding of its regulatory mechanism and improving its production by metabolic engineering. Here, we present data supporting a role of the SenX3-RegX3 system in regulating the butenyl-spinosyn biosynthesis. EMSAs and qRT-PCR demonstrated that RegX3 positively controls butenyl-spinosyn production in an indirect way. Integrated proteomic and metabolomic analysis,
regX3
deletion not only strengthens the basal metabolic ability of
S. pogona
in the mid-growth phase but also promotes the flow of the acetyl-CoA produced via key metabolic pathways into the TCA cycle rather than the butenyl-spinosyn biosynthetic pathway, which ultimately leads to continued growth but reduced butenyl-spinosyn production. The strategy demonstrated here may be valuable for revealing the regulatory role of the SenX3-RegX3 system in the biosynthesis of other natural products.
Background: Saccharopolyspora pogona is a prominent industrial strain due to its production of butenyl-spinosyn, a high-quality insecticide against a broad spectrum of insect pests. TetR family proteins are diverse in a tremendous number of microorganisms and some are been researched to have a key role in metabolic regulation. However, specific functions of TetR family proteins in S. pogona are yet to characterize. Results: In the present study, the overexpression of the tetR-like gene sp1418 in S. pogona resulted in marked effects on vegetative growth, sporulation, butenyl-spinosyn biosynthesis, and oxidative stress. By using qRT-PCR analysis, mass spectrometry, enzyme activity detection, and sp1418 knockout verification, we showed that most of these effects could be attributed to the overexpression of Sp1418, which modulated enzymes related to the primary metabolism, oxidative stress and secondary metabolism, and thereby resulted in distinct growth characteristics and an unbalanced supply of precursor monomers for butenyl-spinosyn biosynthesis. Conclusion: This study revealed the function of Sp1418 and enhanced the understanding of the metabolic network in S. pogona, and provided insights into the improvement of secondary metabolite production.
Background
Butenyl-spinosyn, produced by Saccharopolyspora pogona, is a promising biopesticide due to excellent insecticidal activity and broad pesticidal spectrum. Bacterioferritin (Bfr, encoded by bfr) regulates the storage and utilization of iron, which is essential for the growth and metabolism of microorganisms. However, the effect of Bfr on the growth and butenyl-spinosyn biosynthesis in S. pogona has not been explored.
Results
Here, we found that the storage of intracellular iron influenced butenyl-spinosyn biosynthesis and the stress resistance of S. pogona, which was regulated by Bfr. The overexpression of bfr increased the production of butenyl-spinosyn by 3.14-fold and enhanced the tolerance of S. pogona to iron toxicity and oxidative damage, while the knockout of bfr had the opposite effects. Based on the quantitative proteomics analysis and experimental verification, the inner mechanism of these phenomena was explored. Overexpression of bfr enhanced the iron storage capacity of the strain, which activated polyketide synthase genes and enhanced the supply of acyl-CoA precursors to improve butenyl-spinosyn biosynthesis. In addition, it induced the oxidative stress response to improve the stress resistance of S. pogona.
Conclusion
Our work reveals the role of Bfr in increasing the yield of butenyl-spinosyn and enhancing the stress resistance of S. pogona, and provides insights into its enhancement on secondary metabolism, which provides a reference for optimizing the production of secondary metabolites in actinomycetes.
Reduction and optimization of the
microbial genome is an important
strategy for constructing synthetic biological chassis cells and overcoming
obstacles in natural product discovery and production. However, it
is of great challenge to discover target genes that can be deleted
and optimized due to the complicated genome of actinomycetes. Saccharopolyspora pogona can produce butenyl-spinosyn
during aerobic fermentation, and its genome contains 32 different
gene clusters. This suggests that there is a large amount of potential
competitive metabolism in S. pogona, which affects the biosynthesis of butenyl-spinosyn. By analyzing
the genome of S. pogona, six polyketide
gene clusters were identified. From those, the complete deletion of
clu13, a flaviolin-like gene cluster, generated a high butenyl-spinosyn-producing
strain. Production of this strain was 4.06-fold higher than that of
the wildtype strain. Transcriptome profiling revealed that butenyl-spinosyn
biosynthesis was not primarily induced by the polyketide synthase
RppA-like but was related to hypothetical protein Sp1764. However,
the repression of sp1764 was not enough to explain
the enormous enhancement of butenyl-spinosyn yields in S. pogona-Δclu13. After the comparative proteomic
analysis of S. pogona-Δclu13
and S. pogona, two proteins, biotin
carboxyl carrier protein (BccA) and response regulator (Reg), were
investigated, whose overexpression led to great advantages of butenyl-spinosyn
biosynthesis. In this way, we successfully discovered three key genes
that obviously optimize the biosynthesis of butenyl-spinosyn. Gene
cluster simplification performed in conjunction with multiomics analysis
is of great practical significance for screening dominant chassis
strains and optimizing secondary metabolism. This work provided an
idea about screening key factors and efficient construction of production
strains.
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