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Computational Analysis and Manipulation of the Metabolic Network of Drug Producing Microorganisms Computational analysis and manipulation of the metabolic network of drug producing microorganisms INAUGURALDISSERTATION zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau Vorgelegt von Dennis Klementz aus Wiesbaden-Dotzheim Freiburg 2017 Dekan: Prof. Dr. Manfred Jung Vorsitzender des Promotionsausschusses: Prof. Dr. Stefan Weber Referent: Prof. Dr. Stefan Günther Korreferent: Prof. Dr. Andreas Bechthold Drittprüfer: Prof. Dr. Oliver Einsle Datum der Promotion: 26.02.2018 “What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.” Werner Heisenberg Index Index 1 Abstract ......................................................................................................................... 1 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Streptomycetes, an important source of natural drugs .................................................... 3 2.2 Nucleocidin production in Streptomyces calvus ............................................................... 6 2.3 Griseorhodin A, a telomerase inhibitor from a marine Streptomyces strain .................... 9 2.4 Genome-scale metabolic modeling and Flux Balance Analysis ....................................... 11 2.5 ‘Omics’ data and genome-scale metabolic models ......................................................... 14 2.6 Enhanced secondary metabolite production and genome-scale metabolic models ...... 16 3 Materials ....................................................................................................................... 19 3.1 Chemicals ......................................................................................................................... 19 3.2 Equipment ....................................................................................................................... 21 3.3 Consumables .................................................................................................................... 23 3.4 Strains .............................................................................................................................. 24 3.5 Programs & Services ........................................................................................................ 25 3.6 Cultivation media ............................................................................................................. 26 3.6.1 TSB (Tryptone Soy Broth) ......................................................................................... 26 3.6.2 MS (Mannitol Soy) .................................................................................................... 26 3.6.3 SG+ (Soytone Glucose) .............................................................................................. 26 3.6.4 Minor Element Solution ........................................................................................... 27 3.6.5 Buffer ........................................................................................................................ 27 3.6.6 Minimal medium ...................................................................................................... 27 Index 4 Methods ....................................................................................................................... 28 4.1 StreptomeDB ................................................................................................................... 28 4.1.1 Data collection .......................................................................................................... 28 4.1.2 Genomes, taxonomy and gene clusters ................................................................... 28 4.1.3 Generation of the phylogenetic tree ....................................................................... 28 4.2 AdpA in Streptomyces asterosporus ............................................................................... 30 4.2.1 Detection of transposons ......................................................................................... 30 4.2.2 Detection of adpA binding sites ............................................................................... 30 4.2.3 Prediction of adpA regulon ...................................................................................... 30 4.2.4 Potential disrupted genes ........................................................................................ 30 4.2.5 G+C content and skew.............................................................................................. 31 4.2.6 Dotplot ...................................................................................................................... 31 4.3 Genome-scale metabolic modeling ................................................................................. 32 4.3.1 Model reconstruction ............................................................................................... 32 4.3.2 Analysis of essential elements ................................................................................. 32 4.3.3 Correlation plot and area under the curve (AUC) .................................................... 32 4.3.4 Knockout candidate identification ........................................................................... 33 4.3.5 Integration of transcriptomic data ........................................................................... 34 4.3.6 Generation of functional subsets ............................................................................. 35 4.3.7 Minimal medium prediction and validation ............................................................. 35 4.4 Strain cultivation .............................................................................................................. 36 4.4.1 Preculture ................................................................................................................. 36 4.4.2 Permanent culture ................................................................................................... 36 4.4.3 Agar cultures ............................................................................................................ 36 Index 4.4.4 Liquid culture in Erlenmeyer flasks .......................................................................... 36 4.4.5 Dry weight measurement ......................................................................................... 36 4.4.6 Sample preparation for HPLC-MS ............................................................................ 37 4.4.7 HPLC measurement .................................................................................................. 37 5 Results .......................................................................................................................... 38 5.1 StreptomeDB update ....................................................................................................... 38 5.2 Data Overview ................................................................................................................. 38 5.3 Phylogenetic tree ............................................................................................................. 43 5.3.1 NMR and MS prediction ........................................................................................... 45 5.3.2 Scaffold browser ....................................................................................................... 47 5.4 bldA function in Streptomyces calvus ............................................................................. 49 5.4.1 Metabolic model ...................................................................................................... 49 5.4.2 Gene expression ....................................................................................................... 50 5.4.3 Protein production ................................................................................................... 61 5.5 Role of adpA function in Streptomyces asterosporus ..................................................... 67 5.5.1 Genome Overview .................................................................................................... 67 5.5.2 Putative disrupted genes ......................................................................................... 70 5.5.3 Proteomic analysis ................................................................................................... 73 5.6 Enhancement of Griseorhodin A production in Streptomyces avermitilis SUKA22 ........ 75 5.6.1 Metabolic model ...................................................................................................... 75 5.6.2 Minimal-medium validation experiment ................................................................. 76 5.6.3 Knockout candidate identification ........................................................................... 79 5.6.4 Overview of all knockout candidates ..................................................................... 112 5.7 Experimental results ...................................................................................................... 114 Index 6 Discussion & Conclusion .............................................................................................. 118 6.1 StreptomeDB ................................................................................................................. 118 6.2 The effect of bldA in Streptomyces calvus....................................................................
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