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Barske T, Hagemann M. The regulatory impact of serine/threonine-specific protein phosphorylation among cyanobacteria. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2025; 16:1540914. [PMID: 40012730 PMCID: PMC11863333 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1540914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2025] [Indexed: 02/28/2025]
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Cyanobacteria are the only prokaryotes capable of performing oxygenic photosynthesis. To thrive under environmental fluctuations, photosynthesis and metabolic activities needs to be adjusted. Previous studies showed that the acclimation of primary carbon metabolism to fluctuating carbon/nitrogen levels is mainly regulated at post-transcriptional level including diverse posttranslational modifications (PTMs). Protein phosphorylation is regarded as main PTM in the sensing and balancing metabolic changes. In this review we aim to summarize the knowledge on serine/threonine-specific protein phosphorylation among cyanobacteria. Phosphoproteome studies identified several hundred phosphoproteins bearing many more specific phosphorylation sites. On the other hand, only relatively few serine/threonine-specific protein kinases were annotated in cyanobacterial genomes, for example 12 in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Systematic mutation of the kinase-encoding genes revealed first insights into their specific functions and substrates. Future research is needed to address how a limited number of protein kinases can specifically modify hundreds of phosphoproteins and to uncover their roles in the regulatory networks of cyanobacterial metabolism.
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- Department Plant Physiology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Zorina AA, Los DA, Klychnikov OI. Serine-Threonine Protein Kinases of Cyanobacteria. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2025; 90:S287-S311. [PMID: 40164163 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297924604507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2024] [Revised: 09/18/2024] [Accepted: 09/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2025]
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Protein phosphorylation is a pivotal mechanism for signal transduction, regulation of biochemical processes essential for reproduction, growth, and adaptation of organisms to changing conditions. Bacteria, which emerged more than 3.5 billion years ago, faced the need to adapt to a variety of ecological niches from the very beginning of their existence. It is not surprising that they developed a wide range of different types of kinases and target amino acid residues for phosphorylation. To date, many examples of phosphorylation of serine, threonine, tyrosine, histidine, arginine, lysine, aspartate, and cysteine have been discovered. Bacterial histidine kinases as part of two-component systems have been studied in most detail. More recently eukaryotic type serine-threonine and tyrosine kinases based on the conserved catalytic domain have been described in the genomes of many bacteria. The term "eukaryotic" is misleading, since evolutionary origin of these enzymes goes back to the last common universal ancestor - LUCA. Bioinformatics, molecular genetics, omics, and biochemical strategies combined provide new tools for researchers to establish relationship between the kinase abundance/activity and proteome changes, including studying of the kinase signaling network (kinome) within the cell. This manuscript presents several approaches to investigation of the serine-threonine protein kinases of cyanobacteria, as well as their combination, which allow to suggest new hypotheses and strategies for researchers.
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- Anna A Zorina
- Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 127276, Russia.
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- Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 127276, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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Wang X, Ge H, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Zhang P. Ser/Thr Protein Kinase SpkI Affects Photosynthetic Efficiency in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 upon Salt Stress. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12050713. [PMID: 35629380 PMCID: PMC9143257 DOI: 10.3390/life12050713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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High salinity is a common environmental factor that limits productivity and growth for photosynthetic organisms. Here, we identified a mutant defected in gene sll1770, which encodes a Ser/Thr protein kinase SpkI, with a significantly low maximal quantum yield of PSII under high salt condition in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Physiological characterization demonstrated that the ΔspkI mutant had normal growth and photosynthesis under control condition. And a significantly higher NPQ capacity was also observed in ΔspkI when grown under control condition. However, when grown under high salt condition, ΔspkI exhibited apparently slower growth as well as decreased net photosynthesis and PSII activity. Western blot analysis demonstrated that the amount of major photosynthetic proteins declined sharply in ΔspkI when cells grown under high salt condition. Redox kinetics measurement suggested that the activities of PSI and cytochrome b6f complex were modified in ΔspkI under high salt condition, which resulted in a more reduced PQ pool in ΔspkI. Chlorophyll fluorescence traces suggested that the OA− reoxidation and state transition was also impaired in ΔspkI under high salt condition. Above all, we propose that Ser/Thr protein kinase SpkI plays a role in maintaining high-effective photosynthesis during high-salt acclimation process in Synechocystis.
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- Xiaoting Wang
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (X.W.); (Y.Z.)
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- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; (H.G.); (Y.W.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (X.W.); (Y.Z.)
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- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; (H.G.); (Y.W.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (X.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Correspondence:
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Dai W, Chen G, Bi X, Zhong H, Wang X, Dong S, Lv D, Zhang S, Zhang D, Wang N. Light limitation inducing overcompensatory growth of cyanobacteria and function of serine/threonine kinase (STK) genes involved. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2021; 83:1347-1356. [PMID: 33767041 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2021.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The rapid overcompensatory growth that appears when cyanobacteria are supplied with adequate resources after a period of resource deprivation might contribute to the occurrence of cyanobacterial blooms. We investigated the changing characteristics of overcompensatory growth and serine/threonine kinase (STK) genes expression of cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa in response to light limitation. The results showed M. aeruginosa exhibited overcompensatory growth for 2 days after light recovery, during which the increase in growth was inversely related to light intensity. Expression of STK genes, such as spkD, was upregulated significantly at 0.5-4 h after light recovery (P < 0.05). To investigate the function of STK genes in the overcompensatory growth, M. aeruginosa spkD was heterologously expressed in Synechocystis. Transgenic Synechocystis exhibited greater and longer overcompensatory growth than wild-type Synechocystis after light recovery. Relative expression levels of STK genes in transgenic Synechocystis were significantly higher than those in wild-type Synechocystis at 24 h of light recovery (P < 0.05). Heterologous expression of Microcystis spkD might stimulate overcompensatory growth of Synechocystis by affecting its STK gene expression.
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- Wei Dai
- Key Laboratory of Aquatic-Ecology and Aquaculture of Tianjin, College of Fishery, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China E-mail: ; † Wei Dai and Gao Chen are co-first authors of the article
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, China and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology of Crops, Ji'nan, China; † Wei Dai and Gao Chen are co-first authors of the article
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic-Ecology and Aquaculture of Tianjin, College of Fishery, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China E-mail:
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, China and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology of Crops, Ji'nan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic-Ecology and Aquaculture of Tianjin, College of Fishery, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China E-mail:
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic-Ecology and Aquaculture of Tianjin, College of Fishery, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China E-mail:
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic-Ecology and Aquaculture of Tianjin, College of Fishery, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China E-mail:
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic-Ecology and Aquaculture of Tianjin, College of Fishery, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China E-mail:
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic-Ecology and Aquaculture of Tianjin, College of Fishery, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China E-mail:
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic-Ecology and Aquaculture of Tianjin, College of Fishery, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China E-mail:
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Chen G, Cao Y, Zhong H, Wang X, Li Y, Cui X, Lu X, Bi X, Dai M. Serine/threonine Kinases Play Important Roles in Regulating Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:618969. [PMID: 33553135 PMCID: PMC7860145 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.618969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Serine/threonine kinases (STKs) play important roles in prokaryotic cellular functions such as growth, differentiation, and secondary metabolism. When the external environment changes, prokaryotes rely on signal transduction systems, including STKs that quickly sense these changes and alter gene expression to induce the appropriate metabolic changes. In this study, we examined the roles of the STK genes spkD and spkG in fatty acid biosynthesis in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, using targeted gene knockout. The linoleic acid (C18: 2), γ-linolenic acid (C18: 3n6), α-linolenic acid (C18: 3n3), and stearidonic acid (C18: 4) levels were significantly lower in spkD and spkG gene knockout mutants than in the wild type at a culture temperature of 30°C and a light intensity of 40 μmol⋅m–2⋅s–1. The expression levels of fatty acid desaturases and STK genes differed between the spkD and spkG gene knockout mutants. These observations suggest that spkD and spkG may directly or indirectly affect the fatty acid composition in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 by regulating the expression of fatty acid desaturases genes. Therefore, the STK genes spkD and spkG play important roles in polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. These findings could facilitate the development of cyanobacteria germplasm resources that yield high levels of fatty acids. In addition, they provide a theoretical basis for the genetic engineering of cyanobacteria with improved yields of secondary metabolites and increased economic benefits.
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- Gao Chen
- School of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.,Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology of Crops, Jinan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.,Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology of Crops, Jinan, China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology of Crops, Jinan, China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology of Crops, Jinan, China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology of Crops, Jinan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.,Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology of Crops, Jinan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.,Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology of Crops, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic-Ecology and Aquaculture of Tianjin, College of Fishery, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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Xu W, Wang Y. Post-translational Modifications of Serine/Threonine and Histidine Kinases and Their Roles in Signal Transductions in Synechocystis Sp. PCC 6803. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2020; 193:687-716. [PMID: 33159456 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-020-03435-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, a popular model organism for researches in photosynthesis and biofuel production, contains plant-like photosynthetic machineries which significantly contribute to global carbon fixation. There are 12 eukaryotic-type Ser/Thr kinases (SpkA-L) and 49 His kinases (Hik1-49) of two-component systems in the genome of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. They are the key regulators in sensing and transmitting stimuli including light- and glucose-mediate signal transduction. Proteomic studies were able to identify all the kinases. The majority of kinases no matter whether they have a predicted transmembrane domain were identified in the membrane fractions. Six Ser/Thr kinases (SpkA-D, F and G) and ten His kinases (Hik4, 12, 14, 21, 26-27, 29, 36, 43, and 46) were identified to have one or more of the three types of post-translational modifications: phosphorylation, acetylation, and thiol oxidation. Interestingly, SpkG has the phosphorylatable threonine residue that was aligned with the phosphorylated threonine residue in the activation loop of human CDK7, demonstrating conserved phosphorylation between cyanobacterial and human kinases. Transcriptomics and proteomics revealed differential expression of the kinases in heterotrophic and photoheterotrophic compared with photoautotrophic conditions, indicating their roles in regulating the growth modes of cyanobacteria. In summary, this review focuses on the discussions on post-transcriptional modifications, transcriptomic, and proteomic studies of Ser/Thr and His kinases. This together with our published review in 2019 present a complete story of an overview of sequences, domain architectures, and biochemical and physiological functions of cyanobacterial kinases with adequate details in the context of high throughput systems. We also emphasize the importance of discovering upstream molecules and substrates to understand the exact functions of the kinases in vivo. As an attempt, a model is proposed in which Hik31, His33, Sll1334, and IcfG are hypothesized to be critical for switching between autotrophic and heterotrophic modes based on the results from the phenotypes of the gene knockout strains combined with their post-translational modifications, and gene expression profiles.
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- Wu Xu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70504, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Rd, Beijing, 100101, China.
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Calzadilla PI, Kirilovsky D. Revisiting cyanobacterial state transitions. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2020; 19:585-603. [DOI: 10.1039/c9pp00451c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Critical evaluation of “new” and “old” models of cyanobacterial state transitions. Phycobilisome and membrane contributions to this mechanism are addressed. The signaling transduction pathway is discussed.
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- Pablo I. Calzadilla
- Université Paris-Saclay
- CNRS
- CEA
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
- 91198 Gif sur Yvette
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- Université Paris-Saclay
- CNRS
- CEA
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
- 91198 Gif sur Yvette
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Xu W, Wang Y. Sequences, Domain Architectures, and Biological Functions of the Serine/Threonine and Histidine Kinases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2019; 188:1022-1065. [PMID: 30778824 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-019-02971-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (hereafter Synechocystis) is a photoautotrophic prokaryote with plant-like photosynthetic machineries which significantly contribute to global carbon fixation and atmospheric oxygen production. Because of the relatively short cell doubling time, small size of the genome, and the ease for genetic manipulation, Synechocystis is a popular model organism for studies including photosynthesis and biofuel production. The cyanobacterium contains 12 eukaryotic type Ser/Thr kinases (SpkA-L) and 49 histidine kinases (Hik1-47 and Sll1334 and Sll5060 are named as Hik48 and Hik49, respectively, in this review) of the two-component system. All SpkA-L kinases have a eukaryotic kinase DFG signature in their A-loops. Based on the types of the kinase domains, the Spks can be separated into three groups: one group contains SpkA and SpkG which are related to human kinases, while SpkH-L are in another group that is distinct from human kinases. The third group contains SpkB-F which are between the first two groups. Four histidine kinases (Hiks17, 36, 45, and 48) lack a clear histidine kinase domain, and the conserved phosphorylatable histidine residue could not be identified for six histidine kinases (Hiks11, 18, 29, 37, 39, and 43) even though they have clear histidine kinase domains. Each of the remaining 39 has a histidine kinase domain with the conserved histidine residue. Eight hybrid histidine kinases contain one or two receiver domains, and they all, except Hik25 (Slr0222), have the conserved phosphorylatable aspartate. The disruptants of all kinases except hik13 and hik15 have been generated, and the majority of them have modest or no obvious phenotypes, indicating other kinases could functionally compensate the loss of a particular kinase. This review presents a comprehensive discussion including a spectrum of sequence, domain architecture, in vivo function, and proteomics investigations of Ser/Thr and histidine kinases. Understanding the sequences, domain architectures, and biology of the kinases will help to integrate "omic" data to clarify their exact biochemical functions.
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- Wu Xu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70504, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Rd., Beijing, 100101, China.
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Janczarek M, Vinardell JM, Lipa P, Karaś M. Hanks-Type Serine/Threonine Protein Kinases and Phosphatases in Bacteria: Roles in Signaling and Adaptation to Various Environments. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19102872. [PMID: 30248937 PMCID: PMC6213207 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19102872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Reversible phosphorylation is a key mechanism that regulates many cellular processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In prokaryotes, signal transduction includes two-component signaling systems, which involve a membrane sensor histidine kinase and a cognate DNA-binding response regulator. Several recent studies indicate that alternative regulatory pathways controlled by Hanks-type serine/threonine kinases (STKs) and serine/threonine phosphatases (STPs) also play an essential role in regulation of many different processes in bacteria, such as growth and cell division, cell wall biosynthesis, sporulation, biofilm formation, stress response, metabolic and developmental processes, as well as interactions (either pathogenic or symbiotic) with higher host organisms. Since these enzymes are not DNA-binding proteins, they exert the regulatory role via post-translational modifications of their protein targets. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of STKs and STPs, and discuss how these enzymes mediate gene expression in prokaryotes. Many studies indicate that regulatory systems based on Hanks-type STKs and STPs play an essential role in the regulation of various cellular processes, by reversibly phosphorylating many protein targets, among them several regulatory proteins of other signaling cascades. These data show high complexity of bacterial regulatory network, in which the crosstalk between STK/STP signaling enzymes, components of TCSs, and the translational machinery occurs. In this regulation, the STK/STP systems have been proved to play important roles.
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- Monika Janczarek
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19 St., 20-033 Lublin, Poland.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19 St., 20-033 Lublin, Poland.
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19 St., 20-033 Lublin, Poland.
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Fang L, Ge H, Huang X, Liu Y, Lu M, Wang J, Chen W, Xu W, Wang Y. Trophic Mode-Dependent Proteomic Analysis Reveals Functional Significance of Light-Independent Chlorophyll Synthesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. MOLECULAR PLANT 2017; 10:73-85. [PMID: 27585879 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2016.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The photosynthetic model organism Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 can grow in different trophic modes, depending on the availability of light and exogenous organic carbon source. However, how the protein profile changes to facilitate the cells differentially propagate in different modes has not been comprehensively investigated. Using isobaric labeling-based quantitative proteomics, we simultaneously identified and quantified 45% Synechocystis proteome across four different trophic modes, i.e., autotrophic, heterotrophic, photoheterotrophic, and mixotrophic modes. Among the 155 proteins that are differentially expressed across four trophic modes, proteins involved in nitrogen assimilation and light-independent chlorophyll synthesis are dramatically upregulated in the mixotrophic mode, concomitant with a dramatic increase of PII phosphorylation that senses carbon and nitrogen assimilation status. Moreover, functional study using a mutant defective in light-independent chlorophyll synthesis revealed that this pathway is important for chlorophyll accumulation under a cycled light/dark illumination regime, a condition mimicking day/night cycles in certain natural habitats. Collectively, these results provide the most comprehensive information on trophic mode-dependent protein expression in cyanobacterium, and reveal the functional significance of light-independent chlorophyll synthesis in trophic growth.
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- Longfa Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Road, Beijing 100101, China.
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Chen Z, Zhan J, Chen Y, Yang M, He C, Ge F, Wang Q. Effects of Phosphorylation of β Subunits of Phycocyanins on State Transition in the Model Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 56:1997-2013. [PMID: 26315596 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 08/09/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (hereafter Synechocystis) is a model cyanobacterium and has been used extensively for studies concerned with photosynthesis and environmental adaptation. Although dozens of protein kinases and phosphatases with specificity for Ser/Thr/Tyr residues have been predicted, only a few substrate proteins are known in Synechocystis. In this study, we report 194 in vivo phosphorylation sites from 149 proteins in Synechocystis, which were identified using a combination of peptide pre-fractionation, TiO(2) enrichment and liquid chromatograpy-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. These phosphorylated proteins are implicated in diverse biological processes, such as photosynthesis. Among all identified phosphoproteins involved in photosynthesis, the β subunits of phycocyanins (CpcBs) were found to be phosphorylated on Ser22, Ser49, Thr94 and Ser154. Four non-phosphorylated mutants were constructed by using site-directed mutagenesis. The in vivo characterization of the cpcB mutants showed a slower growth under high light irradiance and displayed fluorescence quenching to a lower level and less efficient energy transfer inside the phycobilisome (PBS). Notably, the non-phosphorylated mutants exhibited a slower state transition than the wild type. The current results demonstrated that the phosphorylation status of CpcBs affects the energy transfer and state transition of photosynthesis in Synechocystis. This study provides novel insights into the molecular mechanisms of protein phosphorylation in the regulation of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and may facilitate the elucidation of the entire regulatory network by linking kinases to their physiological substrates.
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- Zhuo Chen
- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China These authors contributed equally to this work.
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China These authors contributed equally to this work.
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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Zorina AA, Bedbenov VS, Novikova GV, Panichkin VB, Los’ DA. Involvement of serine/threonine protein kinases in the cold stress response in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Functional characterization of SpkE protein kinase. Mol Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893314030212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mikkat S, Fulda S, Hagemann M. A 2D gel electrophoresis-based snapshot of the phosphoproteome in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2013; 160:296-306. [PMID: 24275102 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.074443-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cyanobacteria are photoautotrophic prokaryotes that occur in highly variable environments. Protein phosphorylation is one of the most widespread means to adjust cell metabolism and gene expression to the demands of changing growth conditions. Using a 2D gel electrophoresis-based approach and a phosphoprotein-specific dye, we investigated the protein phosphorylation pattern in cells of the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. The comparison of gels stained for total and phosphorylated proteins revealed that approximately 5 % of the protein spots seemed to be phosphoproteins, from which 32 were identified using MALDI-TOF MS. For eight of them the phosphorylated amino acid residues were mapped by subsequent mass spectrometric investigations of isolated phosphopeptides. Among the phosphoproteins, we found regulatory proteins, mostly putative anti-sigma factor antagonists, and proteins involved in translation. Moreover, a number of enzymes catalysing steps in glycolysis or the Calvin-Benson cycle were found to be phosphorylated, implying that protein phosphorylation might represent an important mechanism for the regulation of the primary carbon metabolism in cyanobacterial cells.
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- Stefan Mikkat
- Core Facility Proteomanalytik, Universitätsmedizin, Universität Rostock, Schillingallee 69, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Zellphysiologie, Institut Biowissenschaften, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Pflanzenphysiologie, Institut Biowissenschaften, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18051 Rostock, Germany
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Nagarajan S, Srivastava S, Sherman LA. Essential role of the plasmid hik31 operon in regulating central metabolism in the dark in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Mol Microbiol 2013; 91:79-97. [PMID: 24237382 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The plasmid hik31 operon (P3, slr6039-slr6041) is located on the pSYSX plasmid in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. A P3 mutant (ΔP3) had a growth defect in the dark and a pigment defect that was worsened by the addition of glucose. The glucose defect was from incomplete metabolism of the substrate, was pH dependent, and completely overcome by the addition of bicarbonate. Addition of organic carbon and nitrogen sources partly alleviated the defects of the mutant in the dark. Electron micrographs of the mutant revealed larger cells with division defects, glycogen limitation, lack of carboxysomes, deteriorated thylakoids and accumulation of polyhydroxybutyrate and cyanophycin. A microarray experiment over two days of growth in light-dark plus glucose revealed downregulation of several photosynthesis, amino acid biosynthesis, energy metabolism genes; and an upregulation of cell envelope and transport and binding genes in the mutant. ΔP3 had an imbalance in carbon and nitrogen levels and many sugar catabolic and cell division genes were negatively affected after the first dark period. The mutant suffered from oxidative and osmotic stress, macronutrient limitation, and an energy deficit. Therefore, the P3 operon is an important regulator of central metabolism and cell division in the dark.
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- Sowmya Nagarajan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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Kaniya Y, Kizawa A, Miyagi A, Kawai-Yamada M, Uchimiya H, Kaneko Y, Nishiyama Y, Hihara Y. Deletion of the transcriptional regulator cyAbrB2 deregulates primary carbon metabolism in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 162:1153-63. [PMID: 23589835 PMCID: PMC3668046 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.218784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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cyAbrB is a transcriptional regulator unique to and highly conserved among cyanobacterial species. A gene-disrupted mutant of cyabrB2 (sll0822) in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 exhibited severe growth inhibition and abnormal accumulation of glycogen granules within cells under photomixotrophic conditions. Within 6 h after the shift to photomixotrophic conditions, sodium bicarbonate-dependent oxygen evolution activity markedly declined in the ΔcyabrB2 mutant, but the decrease in methyl viologen-dependent electron transport activity was much smaller, indicating inhibition in carbon dioxide fixation. Decreases in the transcript levels of several genes related to sugar catabolism, carbon dioxide fixation, and nitrogen metabolism were also observed within 6 h. Metabolome analysis by capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry revealed that several metabolites accumulated differently in the wild-type and mutant strains. For example, the amounts of pyruvate and 2-oxoglutarate (2OG) were significantly lower in the mutant than in the wild type, irrespective of trophic conditions. The growth rate of the ΔcyabrB2 mutant was restored to a level comparable to that under photoautotrophic conditions by addition of 2OG to the growth medium under photomixotrophic conditions. Activities of various metabolic processes, including carbon dioxide fixation, respiration, and nitrogen assimilation, seemed to be enhanced by 2OG addition. These observations suggest that cyAbrB2 is essential for the active transcription of genes related to carbon and nitrogen metabolism upon a shift to photomixotrophic conditions. Deletion of cyAbrB2 is likely to deregulate the partition of carbon between storage forms and soluble forms used for biosynthetic purposes. This disorder may cause inactivation of cellular metabolism, excess accumulation of reducing equivalents, and subsequent loss of viability under photomixotrophic conditions.
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Mata-Cabana A, García-Domínguez M, Florencio FJ, Lindahl M. Thiol-based redox modulation of a cyanobacterial eukaryotic-type serine/threonine kinase required for oxidative stress tolerance. Antioxid Redox Signal 2012; 17:521-33. [PMID: 22530622 PMCID: PMC3373224 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2011.4483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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AIMS Protein phosphorylation is a principal signaling mechanism that mediates regulation of enzymatic activities, modulation of gene expression, and adaptation to environmental changes. Recent studies have shown a ubiquitous distribution of eukaryotic-type Serine/Threonine protein kinases in prokaryotic genomes, though the functions, substrates, and possible regulation of these enzymes remain largely unknown. In this study, we investigated whether cyanobacterial protein phosphorylation may be subject to redox regulation through modulation of the cysteine redox state, as has previously been reported for animals and plants. We also explored the role of a cyanobacterial Serine/Threonine kinase in oxidative stress tolerance. RESULTS The Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Serine/Threonine kinase SpkB was found to be inhibited by oxidation and reactivated by thioredoxin-catalyzed reduction. A Synechocystis mutant devoid of the SpkB kinase was unable to phosphorylate the glycyl-tRNA synthetase β-subunit (GlyS), one of the most prominent phosphoproteins in the wild type, and recombinant purified SpkB could phosphorylate purified GlyS. In vivo characterization of the SpkB mutant showed a pronounced hypersensitivity to oxidative stress and displayed severe growth retardation or death in response to menadione, methyl viologen, and elevated light intensities. INNOVATION This study points out a previously unrecognised complexity of prokaryotic regulatory pathways in adaptation to the environment and extends the roles of bacterial eukaryotic-like Serine/Threonine kinases to oxidative stress response. CONCLUSION The SpkB kinase is required for survival of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 under conditions implying increased concentrations of reactive oxygen species, and the activity of SpkB depends on the redox state of its cysteines.
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- Alejandro Mata-Cabana
- The Institute for Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis, The Spanish Research Council-University of Seville, IBVF(CSIC/US), Isla de la Cartuja Scientific Research Center (CicCartuja), Seville, Spain
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Osanai T, Oikawa A, Azuma M, Tanaka K, Saito K, Hirai MY, Ikeuchi M. Genetic engineering of group 2 sigma factor SigE widely activates expressions of sugar catabolic genes in Synechocystis species PCC 6803. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:30962-30971. [PMID: 21757761 PMCID: PMC3162455 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.231183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Revised: 05/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Metabolic engineering of photosynthetic organisms is required for utilization of light energy and for reducing carbon emissions.Control of transcriptional regulators is a powerful approach for changing cellular dynamics, because a set of genes is concomitantly regulated. Here, we show that overexpression of a group 2 σ factor, SigE, enhances the expressions of sugar catabolic genes in the unicellular cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Transcriptome analysis revealed that genes for the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway and glycogen catabolism are induced by overproduction of SigE. Immunoblotting showed that protein levels of sugar catabolic enzymes, such as glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, glycogen phosphorylase, and isoamylase, are increased. Glycogen levels are reduced in the SigE-overexpressing strain grown under light. Metabolome analysis revealed that metabolite levels of the TCA cycle and acetyl-CoA are significantly altered by SigE overexpression. The SigE-overexpressing strain also exhibited defective growth under mixotrophic or dark conditions. Thus, SigE overexpression changes sugar catabolism at the transcript to phenotype levels, suggesting a σ factor-based engineering method for modifying carbon metabolism in photosynthetic bacteria.
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- Takashi Osanai
- Department of Life Sciences (Biology), University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902; RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012.
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032; Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Chiba 271-8510
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045
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- Department of Life Sciences (Biology), University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902
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Haimovich-Dayan M, Kahlon S, Hihara Y, Hagemann M, Ogawa T, Ohad I, Lieman-Hurwitz J, Kaplan A. Cross-talk between photomixotrophic growth and CO2-concentrating mechanism in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:1767-77. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02481.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Gunnelius L, Tuominen I, Rantamäki S, Pollari M, Ruotsalainen V, Tyystjärvi E, Tyystjärvi T. SigC sigma factor is involved in acclimation to low inorganic carbon at high temperature in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2009; 156:220-229. [PMID: 19729407 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.032565-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Inactivation of the sigC gene (sll0184), encoding the group 2 sigma factor SigC, leads to a heat-sensitive phenotype of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Cells of the DeltasigC strain grew poorly at 43 degrees C at pH 7.5 under ambient CO(2) conditions. Addition of inorganic carbon in the form of 3 % CO(2) or use of an alkaline growth medium (pH 8.3) restored the growth of the DeltasigC strain at 43 degrees C. These treatments compensate for the low concentration of inorganic carbon at high temperature. However, addition of organic carbon as glucose, pyruvate, succinate or 2-oxoglutarate did not restore growth of the DeltasigC strain at 43 degrees C. In the control strain, the amount of the SigC factor diminished after prolonged incubation at 43 degrees C if the pH of the growth medium was 7.5 or 6.7. Under alkaline conditions, the amount of the SigC factor remained constant at 43 degrees C and cells of the control strain grew better than at pH 7.5 or pH 6.7. The pH dependence of high-temperature growth was associated with changes in photosynthetic activity, indicating that the SigC factor is involved in adjustment of photosynthesis according to the amount of available inorganic carbon. Our results indicate that acclimation to low inorganic carbon is a part of acclimation to prolonged high temperature and that the SigC factor has a central role in this acclimation.
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- Liisa Gunnelius
- Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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