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Han Y, Ge H, Xu C, Zeng G, Li Z, Huang X, Zhang Y, Liu Z, Wang Y, Fang L. Glycosyltransferase Slr1064 regulates carbon metabolism by modulating the levels of UDP-GlcNAc in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 243:936-950. [PMID: 38831647 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are enzymes that transfer sugars to various targets. They play important roles in diverse biological processes, including photosynthesis, cell motility, exopolysaccharide biosynthesis, and lipid metabolism; however, their involvement in regulating carbon metabolism in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 has not been reported. We identified a novel GT protein, Slr1064, involved in carbon metabolism. The effect of slr1064 deletion on the growth of Synechocystis cells and functional mechanisms of Slr1064 on carbon metabolism were thoroughly investigated through physiological, biochemistry, proteomic, and metabolic analyses. We found that this GT, which is mainly distributed in the membrane compartment, is essential for the growth of Synechocystis under heterotrophic and mixotrophic conditions, but not under autotrophic conditions. The deletion of slr1064 hampers the turnover rate of Gap2 under mixotrophic conditions and disrupts the assembly of the PRK/GAPDH/CP12 complex under dark culture conditions. Additionally, UDP-GlcNAc, the pivotal metabolite responsible for the O-GlcNAc modification of GAPDH, is downregulated in the Δslr1064. Our work provides new insights into the role of GTs in carbon metabolism in Synechocystis and elucidate the mechanism by which carbon metabolism is regulated in this important model organism.
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- Yuling Han
- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, CAS, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Zunyi Normal College, Zunyi, 100049, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, CAS, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, CAS, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, CAS, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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Xu C, Wang B, Yang L, Zhongming Hu L, Yi L, Wang Y, Chen S, Emili A, Wan C. Global Landscape of Native Protein Complexes in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. GENOMICS, PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS 2022; 20:715-727. [PMID: 33636367 PMCID: PMC9880817 DOI: 10.1016/j.gpb.2020.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (hereafter: Synechocystis) is a model organism for studying photosynthesis, energy metabolism, and environmental stress. Although known as the first fully sequenced phototrophic organism, Synechocystis still has almost half of its proteome without functional annotations. In this study, by using co-fractionation coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), we define 291 multi-protein complexes, encompassing 24,092 protein-protein interactions (PPIs) among 2062 distinct gene products. This information not only reveals the roles of photosynthesis in metabolism, cell motility, DNA repair, cell division, and other physiological processes, but also shows how protein functions vary from bacteria to higher plants due to changes in interaction partners. It also allows us to uncover the functions of hypothetical proteins, such as Sll0445, Sll0446, and Sll0447 involved in photosynthesis and cell motility, and Sll1334 involved in regulation of fatty acid biogenesis. Here we present the most extensive PPI data for Synechocystis so far, which provide critical insights into fundamental molecular mechanisms in cyanobacteria.
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- Chen Xu
- School of Life Sciences and Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 2E8, Canada
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- School of Life Sciences and Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 2E8, Canada,Departments of Biochemistry and Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- School of Life Sciences and Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China,Corresponding author.
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Moriyama T, Mori N, Nagata N, Sato N. Selective loss of photosystem I and formation of tubular thylakoids in heterotrophically grown red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2019; 140:275-287. [PMID: 30415289 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0603-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We previously found that glycerol is required for heterotrophic growth in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Here, we analyzed heterotrophically grown cells in more detail. Sugars or other organic substances did not support the growth in the dark. The growth rate was 0.4 divisions day-1 in the presence of 400 mM glycerol, in contrast with 0.5 divisions day-1 in the phototrophic growth. The growth continued until the sixth division. Unlimited heterotrophic growth was possible in the medium containing DCMU and glycerol in the light. Light-activated heterotrophic culture in which cells were irradiated by intermittent light also continued without an apparent limit. In the heterotrophic culture in the dark, chlorophyll content drastically decreased, as a result of inability of dark chlorophyll synthesis. Photosynthetic activity gradually decreased over 10 days, and finally lost after 19 days. Low-temperature fluorescence measurement and immunoblot analysis showed that this decline in photosynthetic activity was mainly due to the loss of Photosystem I, while the levels of Photosystem II and phycobilisomes were maintained. Accumulated triacylglycerol was lost during the heterotrophic growth, while keeping the overall lipid composition. Observation by transmission electron microscopy revealed that a part of thylakoid membranes turned into pentagonal tubular structures, on which five rows of phycobilisomes were aligned. This might be a structure that compactly conserve phycobilisomes and Photosystem II in an inactive state, probably as a stock of carbon and nitrogen. These results suggest that C. merolae has a unique strategy of heterotrophic growth, distinct from those found in other red algae.
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- Takashi Moriyama
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Japan Women's University, Mejirodai 2-8-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8681, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan.
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Takeya M, Iijima H, Sukigara H, Osanai T. Cluster-Level Relationships of Genes Involved in Carbon Metabolism in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Development of a Novel Succinate-Producing Strain. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 59:72-81. [PMID: 29069477 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcx162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We quantified the transcript levels of 44 genes related to sugar catabolism in strains with altered primary carbon metabolism and discovered a consistent expression pattern among succinate-producing mutants. To identify factors that determine the expression pattern, we calculated Pearson's correlation coefficients, using the transcript data. Correlation analysis revealed positive and negative correlations among genes encoding sugar catabolic enzymes. On the basis of this analysis, we found that the mutant overexpressing both rre37 (encoding an OmpR-type response regulator) and sigE (encoding an RNA polymerase sigma factor) produced increased levels of succinate under dark, anaerobic conditions, with a maximum productivity of 420 mg l-1.
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- Masahiro Takeya
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, 1-1-1, Higashimita, Tamaku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 214-8571 Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, 1-1-1, Higashimita, Tamaku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 214-8571 Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, 1-1-1, Higashimita, Tamaku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 214-8571 Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, 1-1-1, Higashimita, Tamaku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 214-8571 Japan
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Lee TC, Xiong W, Paddock T, Carrieri D, Chang IF, Chiu HF, Ungerer J, Hank Juo SH, Maness PC, Yu J. Engineered xylose utilization enhances bio-products productivity in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Metab Eng 2015; 30:179-189. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Okada K, Horii E, Nagashima Y, Mitsui M, Matsuura H, Fujiwara S, Tsuzuki M. Genes for a series of proteins that are involved in glucose catabolism are upregulated by the Hik8-cascade in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. PLANTA 2015; 241:1453-1462. [PMID: 25732003 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-015-2270-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In summary, we could show the involvement of a Hik8-cascade in the expression of genes involved in the glycolytic and OPP pathways induced by GPL, and another signal pathway under photosynthetic conditions in Synechocystis . The Hik8-cascade under GPL conditions may regulate glucose degradation to produce some energy and carbon compounds. This cascade might be important for the supply of organic materials such as amino acids and nucleotides through enhancement of the rates of the glycolysis and OPP pathways. Histidine kinase Hik8 upregulates the expression of one of the important glycolytic genes, fbaA, via sll1330 under heterotrophic growth conditions (i.e., in the presence of glucose with an indispensable short period of light) in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. In this study, expression of the genes for the glycolytic and OPP pathways was investigated using the wild type, and disruption mutants of Hik8 and sll1330, to determine whether or not the Hik8-involving signal transduction system generally regulates glucose catabolism. In the wild type, all the genes for the glycolytic and OPP pathways were upregulated under the same conditions as for fbaA. Analyses of the disruption mutants suggested that the signal transduction system involving Hik8 and Sll1330 plays a key role in the upregulation of genes such as pfkA, pgmB, and glk, and also that Hik8 induces genes including gap1 and pgk independently of Sll1330. This complicated signal transduction cascade, designated as the Hik8-cascade, occurs under heterotrophic growth with light pulses. In addition, a disruption mutant of a putative histidine kinase, sll1334, exhibited growth and gene expression patterns that suggested it to be a negative regulator in the cascade. Possible histidine kinases and response regulators as candidates for other components in the cascade are discussed.
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- Katsuhiko Okada
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0392, Japan,
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Plohnke N, Seidel T, Kahmann U, Rögner M, Schneider D, Rexroth S. The proteome and lipidome of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 cells grown under light-activated heterotrophic conditions. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015; 14:572-84. [PMID: 25561504 PMCID: PMC4349978 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.042382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cyanobacteria are photoautotrophic prokaryotes with a plant-like photosynthetic machinery. Because of their short generation times, the ease of their genetic manipulation, and the limited size of their genome and proteome, cyanobacteria are popular model organisms for photosynthetic research. Although the principal mechanisms of photosynthesis are well-known, much less is known about the biogenesis of the thylakoid membrane, hosting the components of the photosynthetic, and respiratory electron transport chain in cyanobacteria. Here we present a detailed proteome analysis of the important model and host organism Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 under light-activated heterotrophic growth conditions. Because of the mechanistic importance and severe changes in thylakoid membrane morphology under light-activated heterotrophic growth conditions, a focus was put on the analysis of the membrane proteome, which was supported by a targeted lipidome analysis. In total, 1528 proteins (24.5% membrane integral) were identified in our analysis. For 641 of these proteins quantitative information was obtained by spectral counting. Prominent changes were observed for proteins associated with oxidative stress response and protein folding. Because of the heterotrophic growth conditions, also proteins involved in carbon metabolism and C/N-balance were severely affected. Although intracellular thylakoid membranes were significantly reduced, only minor changes were observed in their protein composition. The increased proportion of the membrane-stabilizing sulfoqinovosyl diacyl lipids found in the lipidome analysis, as well as the increased content of lipids with more saturated acyl chains, are clear indications for a coordinated synthesis of proteins and lipids, resulting in stabilization of intracellular thylakoid membranes under stress conditions.
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- Nicole Plohnke
- From the ‡Plant Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology & Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- §Department of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- ¶Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- From the ‡Plant Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology & Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- §Department of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany;
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- From the ‡Plant Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology & Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany;
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Integrated proteomic and metabolomic characterization of a novel two-component response regulator Slr1909 involved in acid tolerance in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J Proteomics 2014; 109:76-89. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Revised: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Osanai T, Oikawa A, Numata K, Kuwahara A, Iijima H, Doi Y, Saito K, Hirai MY. Pathway-level acceleration of glycogen catabolism by a response regulator in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis species PCC 6803. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 164:1831-41. [PMID: 24521880 PMCID: PMC3982746 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.232025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Response regulators of two-component systems play pivotal roles in the transcriptional regulation of responses to environmental signals in bacteria. Rre37, an OmpR-type response regulator, is induced by nitrogen depletion in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis species PCC 6803. Microarray and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analyses revealed that genes related to sugar catabolism and nitrogen metabolism were up-regulated by rre37 overexpression. Protein levels of GlgP(slr1367), one of the two glycogen phosphorylases, in the rre37-overexpressing strain were higher than those of the parental wild-type strain under both nitrogen-replete and nitrogen-depleted conditions. Glycogen amounts decreased to less than one-tenth by rre37 overexpression under nitrogen-replete conditions. Metabolome analysis revealed that metabolites of the sugar catabolic pathway and amino acids were altered in the rre37-overexpressing strain after nitrogen depletion. These results demonstrate that Rre37 is a pathway-level regulator that activates the metabolic flow from glycogen to polyhydroxybutyrate and the hybrid tricarboxylic acid and ornithine cycle, unraveling the mechanism of the transcriptional regulation of primary metabolism in this unicellular cyanobacterium.
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- Takashi Osanai
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230–0045, Japan (T.O., A.O., K.N., A.K., H.I., Y.D., K.S., M.Y.H.)
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332–0012, Japan (T.O.)
- Yamagata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata 997–8555, Japan (A.O.); and
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260–8522, Japan (K.S.)
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230–0045, Japan (T.O., A.O., K.N., A.K., H.I., Y.D., K.S., M.Y.H.)
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332–0012, Japan (T.O.)
- Yamagata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata 997–8555, Japan (A.O.); and
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260–8522, Japan (K.S.)
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230–0045, Japan (T.O., A.O., K.N., A.K., H.I., Y.D., K.S., M.Y.H.)
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332–0012, Japan (T.O.)
- Yamagata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata 997–8555, Japan (A.O.); and
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260–8522, Japan (K.S.)
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230–0045, Japan (T.O., A.O., K.N., A.K., H.I., Y.D., K.S., M.Y.H.)
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332–0012, Japan (T.O.)
- Yamagata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata 997–8555, Japan (A.O.); and
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260–8522, Japan (K.S.)
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230–0045, Japan (T.O., A.O., K.N., A.K., H.I., Y.D., K.S., M.Y.H.)
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332–0012, Japan (T.O.)
- Yamagata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata 997–8555, Japan (A.O.); and
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260–8522, Japan (K.S.)
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230–0045, Japan (T.O., A.O., K.N., A.K., H.I., Y.D., K.S., M.Y.H.)
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332–0012, Japan (T.O.)
- Yamagata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata 997–8555, Japan (A.O.); and
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260–8522, Japan (K.S.)
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230–0045, Japan (T.O., A.O., K.N., A.K., H.I., Y.D., K.S., M.Y.H.)
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332–0012, Japan (T.O.)
- Yamagata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata 997–8555, Japan (A.O.); and
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260–8522, Japan (K.S.)
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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: 18] [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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Zong R, Jiao N. Proteomic responses of Roseobacter litoralis OCh149 to starvation and light regimen. Microbes Environ 2012; 27:430-42. [PMID: 23047149 PMCID: PMC4103551 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me12029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Roseobacter litoralis OCh149 is a type strain of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in marine Roseobacter clade. Its full genome has been sequenced; however, proteomic research, which will give deeper insights into the environmental stimuli on gene expression networks, has yet to be performed. In the present study, a proteomic approach was employed to analyze the status of R. litoralis OCh149 in carbon starvation during the stationary phase and its responses to a dark/light regimen (12 h:12 h) in both exponential and stationary phases. LC-MS/MS-based analysis of highly abundant proteins under carbon starvation revealed that proteins involved in transport, the transcription/translation process and carbohydrate metabolism were the major functional categories, while poly-β-hydroxyalkanoate (PHA), previously accumulated in cells, was remobilized after stress. Glucose, as the sole carbon source in the defined medium, was broken down by Entner-Doudoroff and reductive pentose phosphate (PP) pathways. Carbohydrate catabolism-related proteins were down-regulated under light regardless of the growth phase, probably due to inhibition of respiration by light. In contrast, responses of amino acid metabolisms to light regimen varied among different proteins during growth phases depending on cellular requirements for proliferation, growth or survival. Fluorescence induction and relaxation measurements suggested that functional absorption cross-sections of the photosynthetic complexes decreased during the dark period and always recovered to about the previous level during the light period. Although the photosynthetic genes in R. litoralis OCh149 are located on the plasmid, these data indicate the regulatory mechanism of photoheterotroph metabolism by both carbon and light availability.
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- Rui Zong
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China
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Tabei Y, Okada K, Horii E, Mitsui M, Nagashima Y, Sakai T, Yoshida T, Kamiya A, Fujiwara S, Tsuzuki M. Two regulatory networks mediated by light and glucose involved in glycolytic gene expression in cyanobacteria. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 53:1720-1727. [PMID: 22915573 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (FBA) is an enzyme involved in both glycolytic and photosynthetic reactions in photosynthetic organisms. In prokaryotes, the bidirectional reaction proceeds in the same cellular compartment, i.e. the cytoplasm. Expression of the FBA gene, fbaA, is induced through two independent pathways, stimulated by continuous light and by glucose plus pulsed light (GPL), in a cyanobactrium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Under GPL conditions, glucose can be replaced by glucose analogs that are not even metabolized in a cell. Analyses of transcripts in deletion mutants suggested that both a histidine kinase, Hik8, and a response regulator, Sll1330, played important roles as signal components in fbaA expression under GPL conditions, but not under photosynthetic conditions. Analysis of a transformant in which sll1330 expression was enhanced demonstrated that fbaA expression was induced at least partially even without glucose, but for its further induction a pulsed light stimulus was required. These results substantiated that there are two light-dependent regulatory pathways for aldolase gene expression in this cyanobacterium.
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- Yosuke Tabei
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0392 Japan
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Quintana N, Van der Kooy F, Van de Rhee MD, Voshol GP, Verpoorte R. Renewable energy from Cyanobacteria: energy production optimization by metabolic pathway engineering. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 91:471-90. [PMID: 21691792 PMCID: PMC3136707 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3394-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2011] [Revised: 05/13/2011] [Accepted: 05/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The need to develop and improve sustainable energy resources is of eminent importance due to the finite nature of our fossil fuels. This review paper deals with a third generation renewable energy resource which does not compete with our food resources, cyanobacteria. We discuss the current state of the art in developing different types of bioenergy (ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen, etc.) from cyanobacteria. The major important biochemical pathways in cyanobacteria are highlighted, and the possibility to influence these pathways to improve the production of specific types of energy forms the major part of this review.
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- Naira Quintana
- Division of Pharmacognosy, Section of Metabolomics, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, PO Box 9502, 2300RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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