Cloning, characterization, and use in strain improvement of the Cephalosporium acremonium gene cefG encoding acetyl transferase
1993
Mathison, L. | Soliday, C. | Stepan, T. | Aldrich, T. | Rambosek, J.
A long open reading frame (ORF) closely linked to the Cephalosporium acremonium gene cefEF was identified by DNA sequencing. The cefEF gene encodes the enzyme involved in cephalosporin C (CPC) biosynthesis known as expandase/hydroxylase. Complementation of a C. acremonium cefG mutant, as well as expression of the gene in Aspergillus niger, showed this ORF to be the cefG gene, encoding cephalosporin C acetyltransferase, which catalyzes the last step in CPC biosynthesis. Analysis of transformants containing additional copies of this gene showed that a direct relationship exists between cefG copy number, cefG message levels, and CPC titers. This gene encodes an enzyme for what may be a rate-limiting step in CPC production.
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