Supplementary material

A regulatory gene SCO2140 is involved in antibiotic production and morphological differentiation of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

Table S1 Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study

Bacterial strains/plasmids / Relevant characteristics / Source/references
Streptomyces
S. coelicolor M145 / A derivative of the wild-type strain S. coelicolor A3(2) lacking plasmids SCP1 and SCP2 / [5]
SCO2140DM / The SCO2140 disruption mutant of S. coelicolor / This study
SCO2140CM / The complemented strain of SCO2140DM / This study
SCO2140OE / The SCO2140 overexpressed strain / This study
Staphylococcus aureus / Indicator strain for CDA bioassays / [1]
E. coli
JM109 / recA1endA1gyrA96thi-1hsdR17supE44relA1Δ(lac-proAB)/F’[traD36 proAB+ lacIq lacZΔM15] / Invitrogen
DH5α / F- φ80lacZ M15 endArecAhsdR (rk-mk-) supEthigyrArelAΔ(lacZYA-argF) U169 / Invitrogen
ET12567/pUZ8002 / damdcmhsdScattet/pUZ8002 / [5]
C43(DE3) / F-ompT gal hsdSB (rB-mB-) dcm lon λDE3 and two uncharacterised mutations described in the reference / [8]
Plasmids
pKC1132 / suicide vector for Streptomyces containing oriT RK2 / [5]
pIJ8600 / The expression vector containing the promoter of tipAp / [5]
pUC119::Kanr / pUC119 containing kanamycin resistance gene (Kanr) / [17]
pBluescript KS+ / Routine cloning and subcloning vector / Stratagene
pIMEP / pSET152containing an ermE* promoter and ribosomal binding site sequence / [16]
pD2140 / plasmid used for the construction of SCO2140DM / This study
pH2140 / pIJ8600 containing the intact SCO2140coding region / This study
pIMEP::SCO2140 / pIMEP containing the intact SCO2140coding region / This study
pET23b / Expression vector used in E. coli / Novagen
pET23b::SCO2140 / SCO2140 gene cloned in pET23b / This study

Table S2 Primers used in this study

Primers / Sequence (5’-3’)
2140UF / AGCAAGCTTCGCTGTGCTGTCTGCTGTT
2140UR / AGGGATCCGGTCCACGCTGGTCTTGATG
2140DF / GAGAATTCGCACCTACTCCCAGCACGAC
2140DR / CCTCTAGATGGAAGGCGACCACGAA
2140YF1 / CCGTTCTGGGTTTCCCTTCA
2140YR1 / CGGCGGTTCCGATGAGTT
2140YF2 / GAGAGCGTCAGCGAGGTC
2140YR2 / GGGAGTAGGTGCGGAAGG
2140HF / CATATGATCAGCGCGATCGTCCTCA
2140HR / GGATCCTCAGTTGTCCAGGCCGAT
2140HF1 / GTGATCAGCGCGATCGTCCTCA
2140HR1 / TCAGTTGTCCAGGCCGATGGC
2140OF / CATATGATCAGCGCGATCGTCCT
2140OR / CTCGAGGTTGTCCAGGCCGATG
RTactF / GCTCCTCAGGCGGCACGA
RTactR / GCCGGCGGGTGTGGTACA
RTcdaF / GGAAAGCGACGCCTACTT
RTcdaR / AGGCTCGTCTTTCCGATT
act-PF / CCAGCCGTATCAGGAATGC
act-PR / ACATGGACACGTCCCAATAAG
cda-PF / AATAGCAAACGGCGCACTGA
cda-PR / CGCATTTCCGATTCTCTGGT

FigureS1 Amino acid aliment of SCO2140 with its orthologs from other Streptomyces(a). SAV, Streptomyces avermitilis; SBI, Streptomyces bingchenggensis; SCAB, Streptomyces scabiei; SCLAV, Streptomyces clavuligerus; SFUL, Streptomyces fulvissimus; SGR, Streptomyces griseus; SLIV, Streptomyces lividans; Strvi, Streptomyces violaceusniger; SVEN, Streptomyces venezuelae. bSequence alignment of SCO2140 with Lrp from E. coli and LrpA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Figure S2Determination of the undecylprodigiosin (RED)production in Streptomyces coelicolor. RED production in thewild-type strain (WT), the SCO2140 disruption strain (SCO2140DM) and the complemented strain (SCO2140CM) after grown for 24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 h in R5 medium. Error bars represent standard deviations from three independent experiments

Figure S3 EMSAs for detecting the binding of SCO2140 to the promoter regions of actII-ORF4 andcdaR.a Binding of SCO2140 to the promoter region of actII-ORF4. b Binding of SCO2140 to the promoter region of cdaR. 1-9 represent the varying quantities of SCO2140-His6 (0, 45, 180, 360, 450, 1800, 3600, 4500 and 6750 nM protein)

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