Abstract
An 8.4 kb Sau3AI DNA fragment containing the Streptomyces rimosus TM-55 α-amylase gene (amy) was ligated to a vector pIJ702, named pCYL01, and cloned into amylase deficient mutant S. lividans M2 (amy −). Subcloning study showed that the amy gene was localized in 3.3 kbKpnI-PstI fragment. The molecular weight of the purified α-amylases of S. lividans M2/pCYL01 and S. rimosus TM-55 were estimated to be 65.7 kDa. Different sizes of recombinant plasmids carrying the amy gene had been retransferred into the parental strain of S. rimosus TM-55. Among these S. rimosus transformants, TM-55/pCYL01, TM-55/pCYL12 and TM-55/pCYL36 showed amylase activity 1.36- to 2.05-fold at the seventh day (1.61 to 2.42 units vs 1.18 units), and oxytetracycline (OTC) production 2.00- to 2.50-fold at the ninth day (approximate 140 to 170 μg ml−1 vs 72 μg ml−1), higher than that of S. rimosus TM-55 alone, respectively. These results showed that industrial microorganisms could be improved by genetic and metabolic engineering.
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