Isolation and characterization of and 8-demethoxy steffimycins and generation of 2,8-demethoxy steffimycins in Streptomyces steffisburgensis by the nogalamycin biosynthesis genes

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Streptomyces steffisburgensis (NRRL 3193, ATCC 27466) is described as a steffimycin producer. Steffimycin belongs to the anthracycline group of aromatic polyketide antibiotics. The structural analysis of the products accumulated by the wild type ATCC 27466 strain revealed three different forms of 8-demethoxy steffimycin suggesting the loss of C-8 hydroxylation/methylation activity. In our approach to generate new anthracycline molecules, we used this strain as a host in gene cloning. The genes encoding the polyketide ketoreductase and aromatase enzymes of nogalamycin biosynthesis caused the production of 2-demethoxy steffimycins in S. steffisburgensis.

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Kunnari, T., Tuikkanen, J., Hautala, A., Hakala, J., Ylihonko, K., & Mäntsälä, P. (1997). Isolation and characterization of and 8-demethoxy steffimycins and generation of 2,8-demethoxy steffimycins in Streptomyces steffisburgensis by the nogalamycin biosynthesis genes. Journal of Antibiotics, 50(6), 496–501. https://doi.org/10.7164/antibiotics.50.496

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