BGC0000829

BGC0000829: violacein biosynthetic gene cluster from Chromobacterium violaceum

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Location: 1 - 10,094 nt. (total: 10,094 nt).
This entry is originally from NCBI GenBank AF172851.1.

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General information about the BGC

MIBiG accession	BGC0000829
Short description	violacein biosynthetic gene cluster from Chromobacterium violaceum
Status	Minimal annotation: no A minimal annotation only contains information on the BGC loci and one or more linked chemical product(s) Completeness: complete Whether the loci encodes everything needed for the pathway producing the compound(s)
Biosynthetic class(es)	Alkaloid (Indole/benzopyrrole)
Loci	NCBI GenBank: AF172851.1
Compounds	violacein
Species	Chromobacterium violaceum [taxonomy]
References	Violacein and related tryptophan metabolites produced by Chromobacterium violaceum: biosynthetic mechanism and pathway for construction of violacein core. Hoshino T, Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (2011) PMID:21779844 Chromobacterium violaceum and its important metabolites--review. Durán M et al., Folia Microbiol (Praha) (2010) PMID:21253897 Novel tryptophan metabolites, chromoazepinone A, B and C, produced by a blocked mutant of Chromobacterium violaceum, the biosynthetic implications and the biological activity of chromoazepinone A and B. Mizuoka T et al., Org Biomol Chem (2010) PMID:20490411 Stable high level expression of the violacein indolocarbazole anti-tumour gene cluster and the Streptomyces lividans amyA gene in E. coli K12. Ahmetagic A et al., Plasmid (2010) PMID:19962399 Anthranilate synthase subunit organization in Chromobacterium violaceum. Carminatti CA et al., Genet Mol Res (2008) PMID:18949702 N-acylhomoserine lactone regulates violacein production in Chromobacterium violaceum type strain ATCC 12472. Morohoshi T et al., FEMS Microbiol Lett (2008) PMID:18177311 Biosynthesis of violacein: a genuine intermediate, protoviolaceinic acid, produced by VioABDE, and insight into VioC function. Shinoda K et al., Chem Commun (Camb) (2007) PMID:17925955 In vitro biosynthesis of violacein from L-tryptophan by the enzymes VioA-E from Chromobacterium violaceum. Balibar CJ et al., Biochemistry (2006) PMID:17176066 Antioxidant properties of violacein: possible relation on its biological function. Konzen M et al., Bioorg Med Chem (2006) PMID:17011197 Reevaluation of the violacein biosynthetic pathway and its relationship to indolocarbazole biosynthesis. Sánchez C et al., Chembiochem (2006) PMID:16874749 Genetic analysis of violacein biosynthesis by Chromobacterium violaceum. Antônio RV et al., Genet Mol Res (2004) PMID:15100990 Chromobacterium violaceum: a review of pharmacological and industiral perspectives. Durán N et al., Crit Rev Microbiol (2001) PMID:11596879 Cloning and heterologous expression of a natural product biosynthetic gene cluster from eDNA. Brady SF et al., Org Lett (2001) PMID:11418029 Sequence analysis and functional characterization of the violacein biosynthetic pathway from Chromobacterium violaceum. August PR et al., J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol (2000) PMID:11075927 Biosynthesis of violacein: intact incorporation of the tryptophan molecule on the oxindole side, with intramolecular rearrangement of the indole ring on the 5-hydroxyindole side. Momen AZ et al., Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2000) PMID:10803951

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violacein

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List of genes involved in compound(s) production

Identifiers	Position	Product	Functions	Evidence	Extra
AAD51807.1	123 - 1751 (+)	unknown			copy AA seq copy Nt seq
AAD51808.1 vioA	1969 - 3225 (+)	tryptophan 2-monooxygenase	Scaffold biosynthesis	Knock-out Sequence-based prediction	copy AA seq copy Nt seq
AAD51809.1 vioB	3300 - 6296 (+)	polyketide synthase-like	Scaffold biosynthesis	Knock-out Sequence-based prediction	copy AA seq copy Nt seq
AAD51810.1 vioC	6298 - 7587 (+)	monooxygebase	Tailoring (Oxidation)	Knock-out Sequence-based prediction	copy AA seq copy Nt seq
AAD51811.1 vioD	7587 - 8708 (+)	hydroxylase	Tailoring (Hydroxylation)	Knock-out Sequence-based prediction	copy AA seq copy Nt seq

Annotation changelog

MIBiG version	Submitter	Notes
1.0	Hidden contributor (ID: YB6KBLGW4NUIJHPVVNPQ5MPZ, no GDPR consent given).	Submitted
2.0	Hidden contributor (ID: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, no GDPR consent given).	Migrated from v1.4
3.0	Hidden contributor (ID: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, no GDPR consent given).	Corrected gene identifiers
3.1	Hidden contributor (ID: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, no GDPR consent given).	Update chemical activity to schema version 2.11

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