The fosfomycin resistance gene, fosC, has been cloned from the fosfomycin-producing organism, Pseudomonas syringae PB-5123. Sequence analysis upstream of this gene found a new ORF showing significant homology to 2-hydroxypropylphosphonic acid epoxidase from fosfomycin-producing Streptomyces wedmorensis. The purified recombinant protein of this ORF converted 2-hydroxypropylphosphonic acid to fosfomycin. This result clearly showed the ORF to encode 2-hydroxypropylphosphonic acid epoxidase in PB-5123.
从产
磷霉素的假单胞菌(Pseudomonas syringae PB-5123)中克隆出了
磷霉素抗性
基因 fosC。对该
基因上游的序列分析发现了一个新的 ORF,它与产
磷霉素的楔形链霉菌(Streptomyces wedmorensis)中的 2-hydroxypropylphosphonic acid epoxidase 有显著的同源性。该 ORF 的纯化
重组蛋白可将 2-hydroxypropylphosphonic acid 转化为
磷霉素。这一结果清楚地表明 ORF 编码 PB-5123 中的 2-hydroxypropylphosphonic acid epoxidase。