Subtractive Hybridization Reveals a Type I Polyketide Synthase Locus Specific to Mycobacterium ulcerans
AUTOR(ES)
Jenkin, Grant A.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Mycobacterium ulcerans causes Buruli ulcer, the third most prevalent mycobacterial infection of immunocompetent humans after tuberculosis and leprosy. Recent work has shown that the production by M. ulcerans of mycolactone, a novel polyketide, may partly explain the pathogenesis of Buruli ulcer. To search for the genetic basis of virulence in M. ulcerans, we took advantage of the close genetic relationship between M. ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum by performing genomic suppressive subtractive hybridization of M. ulcerans with M. marinum. We identified several DNA fragments specific to M. ulcerans, in particular, a type I polyketide synthase locus with a highly repetitive modular arrangement. We postulate that this locus is responsible for the synthesis of mycolactone in M. ulcerans.
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