A time-correlated expression of eukaryotic-like protein Ser/Thr kinase Pkg2 of Streptomyces granaticolor was investigated by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and by transcriptional fusion experiments. In a complex medium the activity of pkg2 promoter was constant during the life cycle. Direct RNA analysis proved the presence of corresponding pkg2 transcript. S1 nuclease protection analysis of the transcription initiation site showed that pkg2 gene is expressed as a leaderless mRNA. Under phosphate starvation the promoter activity was detectable merely in the early exponential phase. Under these conditions turning off of pkg2 promoter and cessation of pkg2 transcript level coincided with the start of granaticin production.

Cell and Molecular Microbiology Division Institute of Microbiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague Czechia

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