The present invention relates to the field of antibiotics and more specifically to the isolation of nucleic acid molecules that code for the biosynthetic pathway of the glycopeptide antibiotic A40926. Disclosed are the functions of the gene products involved in A40926 production. The present invention provides biosynthetic genes that code for A40926 production, the encoded polypeptides, the recombinant vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequences that encode said polypeptides, the host cells transformed with said vectors and methods for producing glycopeptide antibiotics using said transformed host cells, including methods for producing A40926, a precursor thereof, a derivative thereof or a modified glycopeptide different from A40926 or a precursor thereof.
本发明涉及
抗生素领域,更具体地说,涉及分离编码糖肽
抗生素 A40926
生物合成途径的
核酸分子。本发明公开了参与 A40926 生产的
基因产物的功能。本发明提供了编码生产 A40926 的
生物合成
基因、编码的
多肽、包含编码所述
多肽的
核酸序列的
重组载体、用所述载体转化的宿主细胞以及使用所述转化的宿主细胞生产糖肽
抗生素的方法,包括生产 A40926、其前体、其衍
生物或不同于 A40926 或其前体的修饰糖肽的方法。