New preprint. Work led by @ainsley-beaton.bsky.social & Rebecca Devine.
They show the highly conserved Streptomyces MtrAB two component system activates ectoine production and triggers sporulation in response to osmotic stress in Streptomyces venezuelae
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The MtrAB two-component system is a master regulator of antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces species. MtrA is also required for sporulation under certain growth conditions, which means that on some...
