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Using in vitro approaches, we identified the gene promoters which are controlled by LysRNt within the Bra‐BGC. Corresponding genes encode enzymes involved in BraA biosynthesis as well as the key Bra‐BGC regulator Bra12. Importantly, we provide in vivo evidence that LysRNt negatively affects production of brasilicardin congeners in the heterologous host <jats:italic>Amycolatopsis japonicum</jats:italic>. Finally, we demonstrate that some of the pathway related metabolites, and their chemical analogs, can interact with LysRNt which in turn affects its DNA‐binding activity.</jats:p>","journal":"Engineering in Life Sciences","year":2021,"id":22364,"datarank":0.4168471586818904,"base_score":2.0794415416798357,"endowment":2.0794415416798357,"self_citation_contribution":0.31191623125197543,"citation_network_contribution":0.10493092742991493,"self_endowment_contribution":0.31191623125197543,"citer_contribution":0.10493092742991493,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":7,"citer_count":4,"citers_with_citation_signal":4,"citers_with_endowment":4,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":140826,"name":"Michał Krawiec","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":140827,"name":"Paul N. 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