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Gene organization and plasticity of the β-lactam genes in different filamentous fungi

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The genes pcbAB, pcbC and penDE encoding enzymes that catalyze the three steps of the penicillin biosynthesis have been cloned from Penicillium chrysogenum and Aspergillus nidulans. They are located in a cluster in Penicillium chrysogenum, Penicillium notatum, Aspergillus nidulans and Penicillium nalgiovense. The three genes are clustered in chromosome I (10.4 Mb) of P. chrysogenum, in chromosome II of P. notatum (9.6 Mb) and in chromosome VI (3.0 Mb) of A. nidulans. The cluster of the penicillin biosynthetic genes is amplified in strains with high level of antibiotic production. About five to six copies of the cluster are present in the AS-P-78 strain and 11 to 14 copies in the E1 strain (an industrial isolate), whereas only one copy is present in the wild type (NRRL 1951) strain and in the low producer Wis 54-1255 strain. The amplified region in strains AS-P-78 and E1 is arranged in tandem repeats of 106.5 or 57.6-kb units, respectively. In Acremonium chrysogenum the genes involved in cephalosporin biosynthesis are separated in at least two clusters. The pcbAB and pcbC genes are linked in the so-called ‘early cluster’ of genes involved in the cephalosporin biosynthesis. The ‘late cluster’, which includes the cefEF and cefG genes, is involved in the last steps of cephalosporin biosynthesis. The ‘early cluster’ was located in chromosome VII (4.6 Mb) in the C10 strain and the ‘late cluster’ in chromosome I (2.2 Mb). Both clusters are present in a single copy in the A. chrysogenum genome, in the wild-type and in the high cephalosporin-producing C10 strains.

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Gutiérrez, S., Fierro, F., Casqueiro, J. et al. Gene organization and plasticity of the β-lactam genes in different filamentous fungi. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 75, 81–94 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001861025070

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