@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.2006/003145-0, author = "Lautru, Sylvie and Oves-Costales, Daniel and Pernodet, Jean-Luc and Challis, Gregory L", title = "MbtH-like protein-mediated cross-talk between non-ribosomal peptide antibiotic and siderophore biosynthetic pathways in Streptomyces coelicolor M145", journal= "Microbiology", year = "2007", volume = "153", number = "5", pages = "1405-1412", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/003145-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.2006/003145-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "CDA, calcium-dependent peptide antibiotic", keywords = "NRPS, non-ribosomal peptide synthetase", abstract = "MbtH-like proteins are a family of small proteins encoded by genes found in many, but not all, non-ribosomal peptide synthetase-encoding gene clusters that direct the biosynthesis of peptide antibiotics and siderophores. Studies published to date have not elucidated the function of MbtH-like proteins, nor have they clarified whether they are required for metabolite biosynthesis. Here it is shown that only one of two genes (cdaX or cchK) encoding MbtH-like proteins in Streptomyces coelicolor is required for biosynthesis of the peptide siderophore coelichelin and the calcium-dependent peptide antibiotic (CDA). The cdaX and cchK genes can functionally complement each other in trans, suggesting that CdaX and CchK can cross-talk with the coelichelin and CDA biosynthetic pathways, respectively. Transcriptional analyses of wild-type S. coelicolor and a double cchK/cdaX replacement mutant indicate that CchK and CdaX may not be involved in transcriptional regulation of coelichelin and CDA biosynthetic gene clusters.", }