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Jackson PJ, Hitchcock A, Brindley AA, Dickman MJ, Hunter CN. Absolute quantification of cellular levels of photosynthesis-related proteins in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2023; 155:219-245. [PMID: 36542271 PMCID: PMC9958174 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-022-00990-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Quantifying cellular components is a basic and important step for understanding how a cell works, how it responds to environmental changes, and for re-engineering cells to produce valuable metabolites and increased biomass. We quantified proteins in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 given the general importance of cyanobacteria for global photosynthesis, for synthetic biology and biotechnology research, and their ancestral relationship to the chloroplasts of plants. Four mass spectrometry methods were used to quantify cellular components involved in the biosynthesis of chlorophyll, carotenoid and bilin pigments, membrane assembly, the light reactions of photosynthesis, fixation of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, and hydrogen and sulfur metabolism. Components of biosynthetic pathways, such as those for chlorophyll or for photosystem II assembly, range between 1000 and 10,000 copies per cell, but can be tenfold higher for CO2 fixation enzymes. The most abundant subunits are those for photosystem I, with around 100,000 copies per cell, approximately 2 to fivefold higher than for photosystem II and ATP synthase, and 5-20 fold more than for the cytochrome b6f complex. Disparities between numbers of pathway enzymes, between components of electron transfer chains, and between subunits within complexes indicate possible control points for biosynthetic processes, bioenergetic reactions and for the assembly of multisubunit complexes.
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- Philip J Jackson
- Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK.
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- Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Wang J, Huang X, Ge H, Wang Y, Chen W, Zheng L, Huang C, Yang H, Li L, Sui N, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Lu D, Fang L, Xu W, Jiang Y, Huang F, Wang Y. The Quantitative Proteome Atlas of a Model Cyanobacterium. J Genet Genomics 2021; 49:96-108. [PMID: 34775074 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2021.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cyanobacteria are a group of oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria with great potentials in biotechnological applications and advantages as models for photosynthesis research. The subcellular locations of the majority of proteins in any cyanobacteria remain undetermined, representing a major challenge in using cyanobacteria for both basic and industrial researches. Here, using label free quantitative proteomics we mapped 2027 proteins of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, a model cyanobacterium, to different subcellular compartments, and generated a proteome atlas with such information. The atlas leads to numerous unexpected but important findings, including the predominant localization of the histidine kinases Hik33 and Hik27 on the thylakoid but not the plasma membrane. Such information completely changes the concept regarding how the two kinases are activated. Together, the atlas provides subcellular localization information for nearly 60% proteome of a model cyanobacterium, and will serve as an important resource for the cyanobacterial research community.
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- Jinlong Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; School of Life Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bejing 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bejing 100093, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, 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, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bejing 100093, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Fuente D, Lazar D, Oliver-Villanueva JV, Urchueguía JF. Reconstruction of the absorption spectrum of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 optical mutants from the in vivo signature of individual pigments. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2021; 147:75-90. [PMID: 33245462 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-020-00799-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this work, we reconstructed the absorption spectrum of different Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 optical strains by summing the computed signature of all pigments present in this organism. To do so, modifications to in vitro pigment spectra were first required: namely wavelength shift, curve smoothing, and the package effect calculation derived from high pigment densities were applied. As a result, we outlined a plausible shape for the in vivo absorption spectrum of each chromophore. These are flatter and slightly broader in physiological conditions yet the mean weight-specific absorption coefficient remains identical to the in vitro conditions. Moreover, we give an estimate of all pigment concentrations without applying spectrophotometric correlations, which are often prone to error. The computed cell spectrum reproduces in an accurate manner the experimental spectrum for all the studied wavelengths in the wild-type, Olive, and PAL strain. The gathered pigment concentrations are in agreement with reported values in literature. Moreover, different illumination set-ups were evaluated to calculate the mean absorption cross-section of each chromophore. Finally, a qualitative estimate of light-limited cellular growth at each wavelength is given. This investigation describes a novel way to approach the cell absorption spectrum and shows all its inherent potential for photosynthesis research.
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- David Fuente
- Instituto de Aplicaciones de las Tecnologías de la Información y de las Comunicaciones Avanzadas, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain.
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
- Department of Adaptation Biotechnologies, Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Drásov, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biophysics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Aplicaciones de las Tecnologías de la Información y de las Comunicaciones Avanzadas, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Aplicaciones de las Tecnologías de la Información y de las Comunicaciones Avanzadas, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
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Batchu NK, Khater S, Patil S, Nagle V, Das G, Bhadra B, Sapre A, Dasgupta S. Whole genome sequence analysis of Geitlerinema sp. FC II unveils competitive edge of the strain in marine cultivation system for biofuel production. Genomics 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2018.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Bernát G, Steinbach G, Kaňa R, Misra AN, Prašil O. On the origin of the slow M-T chlorophyll a fluorescence decline in cyanobacteria: interplay of short-term light-responses. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 136:183-198. [PMID: 29090427 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0458-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The slow kinetic phases of the chlorophyll a fluorescence transient (induction) are valuable tools in studying dynamic regulation of light harvesting, light energy distribution between photosystems, and heat dissipation in photosynthetic organisms. However, the origin of these phases are not yet fully understood. This is especially true in the case of prokaryotic oxygenic photoautotrophs, the cyanobacteria. To understand the origin of the slowest (tens of minutes) kinetic phase, the M-T fluorescence decline, in the context of light acclimation of these globally important microorganisms, we have compared spectrally resolved fluorescence induction data from the wild type Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 cells, using orange (λ = 593 nm) actinic light, with those of mutants, ΔapcD and ΔOCP, that are unable to perform either state transition or fluorescence quenching by orange carotenoid protein (OCP), respectively. Our results suggest a multiple origin of the M-T decline and reveal a complex interplay of various known regulatory processes in maintaining the redox homeostasis of a cyanobacterial cell. In addition, they lead us to suggest that a new type of regulatory process, operating on the timescale of minutes to hours, is involved in dissipating excess light energy in cyanobacteria.
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- Gábor Bernát
- Laboratory of Photosynthesis, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences, Opatovicky mlyn, 379 81, Třeboň, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Photosynthesis, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences, Opatovicky mlyn, 379 81, Třeboň, Czech Republic
- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt. 62, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Photosynthesis, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences, Opatovicky mlyn, 379 81, Třeboň, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Life Sciences, Central University of Jharkand, Ranchi, 835205, Jharkand, India
- Khallikote Cluster University, Berhampur, 76001, Odisha, India
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- Laboratory of Photosynthesis, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences, Opatovicky mlyn, 379 81, Třeboň, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, 37005, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Veit S, Takeda K, Tsunoyama Y, Baymann F, Nevo R, Reich Z, Rögner M, Miki K, Rexroth S. Structural and functional characterisation of the cyanobacterial PetC3 Rieske protein family. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:1879-1891. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ermakova M, Huokko T, Richaud P, Bersanini L, Howe CJ, Lea-Smith DJ, Peltier G, Allahverdiyeva Y. Distinguishing the Roles of Thylakoid Respiratory Terminal Oxidases in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 171:1307-19. [PMID: 27208274 PMCID: PMC4902628 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Various oxygen-utilizing electron sinks, including the soluble flavodiiron proteins (Flv1/3), and the membrane-localized respiratory terminal oxidases (RTOs), cytochrome c oxidase (Cox) and cytochrome bd quinol oxidase (Cyd), are present in the photosynthetic electron transfer chain of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. However, the role of individual RTOs and their relative importance compared with other electron sinks are poorly understood, particularly under light. Via membrane inlet mass spectrometry gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence, P700 analysis, and inhibitor treatment of the wild type and various mutants deficient in RTOs, Flv1/3, and photosystem I, we investigated the contribution of these complexes to the alleviation of excess electrons in the photosynthetic chain. To our knowledge, for the first time, we demonstrated the activity of Cyd in oxygen uptake under light, although it was detected only upon inhibition of electron transfer at the cytochrome b6f site and in ∆flv1/3 under fluctuating light conditions, where linear electron transfer was drastically inhibited due to impaired photosystem I activity. Cox is mostly responsible for dark respiration and competes with P700 for electrons under high light. Only the ∆cox/cyd double mutant, but not single mutants, demonstrated a highly reduced plastoquinone pool in darkness and impaired gross oxygen evolution under light, indicating that thylakoid-based RTOs are able to compensate partially for each other. Thus, both electron sinks contribute to the alleviation of excess electrons under illumination: RTOs continue to function under light, operating on slower time ranges and on a limited scale, whereas Flv1/3 responds rapidly as a light-induced component and has greater capacity.
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- Maria Ermakova
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland (M.E., T.H., L.B., Y.A.);Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Aix Marseille Université, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13284 Marseille, France (P.R., G.P.); andDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW United Kingdom (C.J.H., D.J.L.-S.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland (M.E., T.H., L.B., Y.A.);Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Aix Marseille Université, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13284 Marseille, France (P.R., G.P.); andDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW United Kingdom (C.J.H., D.J.L.-S.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland (M.E., T.H., L.B., Y.A.);Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Aix Marseille Université, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13284 Marseille, France (P.R., G.P.); andDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW United Kingdom (C.J.H., D.J.L.-S.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland (M.E., T.H., L.B., Y.A.);Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Aix Marseille Université, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13284 Marseille, France (P.R., G.P.); andDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW United Kingdom (C.J.H., D.J.L.-S.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland (M.E., T.H., L.B., Y.A.);Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Aix Marseille Université, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13284 Marseille, France (P.R., G.P.); andDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW United Kingdom (C.J.H., D.J.L.-S.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland (M.E., T.H., L.B., Y.A.);Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Aix Marseille Université, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13284 Marseille, France (P.R., G.P.); andDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW United Kingdom (C.J.H., D.J.L.-S.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland (M.E., T.H., L.B., Y.A.);Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Aix Marseille Université, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13284 Marseille, France (P.R., G.P.); andDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW United Kingdom (C.J.H., D.J.L.-S.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland (M.E., T.H., L.B., Y.A.);Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (P.R., G.P.);Aix Marseille Université, Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265, F-13284 Marseille, France (P.R., G.P.); andDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW United Kingdom (C.J.H., D.J.L.-S.)
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Schwarzkopf M, Yoo YC, Hückelhoven R, Park YM, Proels RK. Cyanobacterial phytochrome2 regulates the heterotrophic metabolism and has a function in the heat and high-light stress response. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 164:2157-2166. [PMID: 24578507 PMCID: PMC3982769 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.233270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Cyanobacteria combine the photosynthetic and respiratory electron transport in one membrane system, the thylakoid membrane. This feature requires an elaborate regulation mechanism to maintain a certain redox status of the electron transport chain, hence allowing proper photosynthetic and respiratory energy metabolism. In this context, metabolic adaptations, as seen in the light-to-dark and dark-to-light transitions, are particularly challenging. However, the molecular basis of the underlying regulatory mechanisms is not well-understood. Here, we describe a function of cyanobacterial phytochrome2 (Cph2), a phytochrome of the cyanobacterial model system Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, in regulation of the primary energy metabolism. When cells are shifted from photoautotrophic planktonic growth to light-activated heterotrophic growth and biofilm initiation, knockout of Cph2 results in impaired growth, a decrease in the activity of Glc-6-P dehydrogenase, a decrease of the transcript abundance/activity of cytochrome-c-oxidase, and slower phycocyanin degradation. Measurements of the plastoquinone reduction confirm an impaired heterotrophic metabolism in the cph2 knockout. When cells that were adapted to heterotrophic metabolism are shifted back to light conditions, the knockout of Cph2 results in an altered photosystem II chlorophyll fluorescence induction curve, which is indicative of an impaired redox balance of the electron transport chain. Moreover, Cph2 plays a role in the heat and high-light stress response, particularly under photomixotrophic conditions. Our results show a function of Cph2 in the adaptation of the primary energy metabolism to changing trophic conditions. The physiological role of Cph2 in biofilm formation is discussed.
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- Manti Schwarzkopf
- Lehrstuhl für Phytopathologie, Technische Universität München, D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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ten Brink F, Schoepp-Cothenet B, van Lis R, Nitschke W, Baymann F. Multiple Rieske/cytb complexes in a single organism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2013; 1827:1392-406. [PMID: 23507620 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Revised: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Most organisms contain a single Rieske/cytb complex. This enzyme can be integrated in any respiratory or photosynthetic electron transfer chain that is quinone-based and sufficiently energy rich to allow for the turnover of three enzymes - a quinol reductase, a Rieske/cytb complex and a terminal oxidase. Despite this universal usability of the enzyme a variety of phylogenetically distant organisms have multiple copies thereof and no reason for this redundancy is obvious. In this review we present an overview of the distribution of multiple copies among species and describe their properties from the scarce experimental results, analysis of their amino acid sequences and genomic context. We discuss the predicted redox properties of the Rieske cluster in relation to the nature of the pool quinone. It appears that acidophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria specialized one of their two copies for reverse electron transfer, archaeal Thermoprotei adapted their three copies to the interaction with different oxidases and several, phylogenetically unrelated species imported a second complex with a putative heme ci that may confer some yet to be determined properties to the complex. These hypothesis and all the more the so far completely unexplained cases call for further studies and we put forward a number of suggestions for future research that we hope to be stimulating for the field. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Respiratory complex III and related bc complexes.
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- F ten Brink
- BIP/UMR7281, FR3479, CNRS/AMU, 13 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France
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Zhang L, Selão TT, Pisareva T, Qian J, Sze SK, Carlberg I, Norling B. Deletion of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 leader peptidase LepB1 affects photosynthetic complexes and respiration. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:1192-203. [PMID: 23358502 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m112.022145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 possesses two leader peptidases, LepB1 (Sll0716) and LepB2 (Slr1377), responsible for the processing of signal peptide-containing proteins. Deletion of the gene for LepB1 results in an inability to grow photoautotrophically and an extreme light sensitivity. Here we show, using a combination of Blue Native/SDS-PAGE, Western blotting and iTRAQ analysis, that lack of LepB1 strongly affects the cell's ability to accumulate wild-type levels of both photosystem I (PSI) and cytochrome (Cyt) b6f complexes. The impaired assembly of PSI and Cyt b6f is considered to be caused by the no or slow processing of the integral subunits PsaF and Cyt f respectively. In particular, PsaF, one of the PSI subunits, was found incorporated into PSI in its unprocessed form, which could influence the assembly and/or stability of PSI. In contrast to these results, we found the amount of assembled photosystem II (PSII) unchanged, despite a slower processing of PsbO. Thus, imbalance in the ratios of PSI and Cyt b6f to photosystem II leads to an imbalanced photosynthetic electron flow up- and down-stream of the plastoquinone pool, resulting in the observed light sensitivity of the mutant. We conclude that LepB1 is the natural leader peptidase for PsaF, PsbO, and Cyt f. The maturation of PsbO and Cyt f can be partially performed by LepB2, whereas PsaF processing is completely dependent on LepB1. iTRAQ analysis also revealed a number of indirect effects accompanying the mutation, primarily a strong induction of the CydAB oxidase as well as a significant decrease in phycobiliproteins and chlorophyll/heme biosynthesis enzymes.
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- Lifang Zhang
- Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, 637551 Singapore
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Inactivation of the conserved open reading frame ycf34 of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 interferes with the photosynthetic electron transport chain. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:2016-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Revised: 05/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Veit S, Takeda K, Tsunoyama Y, Rexroth D, Rögner M, Miki K. Structure of a thermophilic cyanobacterial b6f-type Rieske protein. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D: BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2012; 68:1400-8. [PMID: 22993094 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444912034129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The `Rieske protein' PetC is one of the key subunits of the cytochrome b(6)f complex. Its Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] cluster participates in the photosynthetic electron-transport chain. Overexpression and careful structure analysis at 2.0 Å resolution of the extrinsic soluble domain of PetC from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 enabled in-depth spectroscopic and structural characterization and suggested novel structural features. In particular, both the protein structure and the positions of the internal water molecules unexpectedly showed a higher similarity to eukaryotic PetCs than to other prokaryotic PetCs. The structure also revealed a deep pocket on the PetC surface which is oriented towards the membrane surface in the whole complex. Its surface properties suggest a binding site for a hydrophobic compound and the complete conservation of the pocket-forming residues in all known PetC sequences indicates the functional importance of this pocket in the cytochrome b(6)f complex.
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- Sebastian Veit
- Plant Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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RNA helicase, CrhR is indispensable for the energy redistribution and the regulation of photosystem stoichiometry at low temperature in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:1525-36. [PMID: 22575444 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2011] [Revised: 04/28/2012] [Accepted: 04/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We investigated the role of a cold-inducible and redox-regulated RNA helicase, CrhR, in the energy redistribution and adjustment of stoichiometry between photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII), at low temperature in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. The results suggest that during low temperature incubation, i.e., when cells are shifted from 34°C to 24°C, wild type cells exhibited light-induced state transitions, whereas the mutant deficient in CrhR failed to perform the same. At low temperature, wild type cells maintained the plastoquinone (PQ) pool in the reduced state due to enhanced respiratory electron flow to the PQ pool, whereas in ∆crhR mutant cells the PQ pool was in the oxidized state. Wild type cells were in state 2 and ∆crhR cells were locked in state 1 at low temperature. In both wild type and ∆crhR cells, a fraction of PSI trimers were changed to PSI monomers. However, in ∆crhR cells, the PSI trimer content was significantly decreased. Expression of photosystem I genes, especially the psaA and psaB, was strongly down-regulated due to oxidation of downstream components of PQ in ∆crhR cells at low temperature. We demonstrated that changes in the low temperature-induced energy redistribution and regulation of photosystem stoichiometry are acclimatization responses exerted by Synechocystis cells, essentially regulated by the RNA helicase, CrhR, at low temperature.
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Bernát G, Schreiber U, Sendtko E, Stadnichuk IN, Rexroth S, Rögner M, Koenig F. Unique properties vs. common themes: the atypical cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421 is capable of state transitions and blue-light-induced fluorescence quenching. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 53:528-542. [PMID: 22302714 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The atypical unicellular cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421, which diverged very early during the evolution of cyanobacteria, can be regarded as a key organism for understanding many structural, functional, regulatory and evolutionary aspects of oxygenic photosynthesis. In the present work, the performance of two basic photosynthetic adaptation/protection mechanisms, common to all other oxygenic photoautrophs, had been challenged in this ancient cyanobacterium which lacks thylakoid membranes: state transitions and non-photochemical fluorescence quenching. Both low temperature fluorescence spectra and room temperature fluorescence transients show that G. violaceus is capable of performing state transitions similar to evolutionarily more recent cyanobacteria, being in state 2 in darkness and in state 1 upon illumination by weak blue or far-red light. Compared with state 2, variable fluorescence yield in state 1 is strongly enhanced (almost 80%), while the functional absorption cross-section of PSII is only increased by 8%. In contrast to weak blue light, which enhances fluorescence yield via state 1 formation, strong blue light reversibly quenches Chl fluorescence in G. violaceus. This strongly suggests regulated heat dissipation which is triggered by the orange carotenoid protein whose presence was directly proven by immunoblotting and mass spectrometry in this primordial cyanobacterium. The results are discussed in the framework of cyanobacterial evolution.
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- Gábor Bernát
- Plant Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44801 Bochum, Germany.
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Kallas T. Cytochrome b 6 f Complex at the Heart of Energy Transduction and Redox Signaling. PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1579-0_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Borisov VB, Gennis RB, Hemp J, Verkhovsky MI. The cytochrome bd respiratory oxygen reductases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2011; 1807:1398-413. [PMID: 21756872 PMCID: PMC3171616 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 367] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2011] [Revised: 06/23/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Cytochrome bd is a respiratory quinol: O₂ oxidoreductase found in many prokaryotes, including a number of pathogens. The main bioenergetic function of the enzyme is the production of a proton motive force by the vectorial charge transfer of protons. The sequences of cytochromes bd are not homologous to those of the other respiratory oxygen reductases, i.e., the heme-copper oxygen reductases or alternative oxidases (AOX). Generally, cytochromes bd are noteworthy for their high affinity for O₂ and resistance to inhibition by cyanide. In E. coli, for example, cytochrome bd (specifically, cytochrome bd-I) is expressed under O₂-limited conditions. Among the members of the bd-family are the so-called cyanide-insensitive quinol oxidases (CIO) which often have a low content of the eponymous heme d but, instead, have heme b in place of heme d in at least a majority of the enzyme population. However, at this point, no sequence motif has been identified to distinguish cytochrome bd (with a stoichiometric complement of heme d) from an enzyme designated as CIO. Members of the bd-family can be subdivided into those which contain either a long or a short hydrophilic connection between transmembrane helices 6 and 7 in subunit I, designated as the Q-loop. However, it is not clear whether there is a functional consequence of this difference. This review summarizes current knowledge on the physiological functions, genetics, structural and catalytic properties of cytochromes bd. Included in this review are descriptions of the intermediates of the catalytic cycle, the proposed site for the reduction of O₂, evidence for a proton channel connecting this active site to the bacterial cytoplasm, and the molecular mechanism by which a membrane potential is generated.
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- Vitaliy B Borisov
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation.
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Pietsch D, Bernát G, Kahmann U, Staiger D, Pistorius EK, Michel KP. New insights into the function of the iron deficiency-induced protein C from Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2011; 108:121-132. [PMID: 21607697 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-011-9661-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Iron limitation has a strong impact on electron transport reactions of the unicellular fresh water cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 (thereafter referred to as S. elongatus). Among the various adaptational processes on different cellular levels, iron limitation induces a strongly enhanced expression of IdiC (iron-deficiency-induced protein C). In this article, we show that IdiC is loosely attached to the thylakoid and to the cytoplasmic membranes and that its expression is enhanced during conditions of iron starvation and during the late growth phase. The intracellular IdiC level was even more increased when additional iron was replenished in the late growth phase. On the basis of its amino acid sequence and of its absorbance spectrum, IdiC can be classified as a member of the family of thioredoxin (TRX)-like (2Fe-2S) ferredoxins. The presence of an iron cofactor in IdiC was detected by inductive coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Comparative measurements of electron transport activities of S. elongatus wild type (WT) and an IdiC-merodiploid mutant called MuD, which contained a strongly reduced IdiC content under iron-sufficient as well as iron-deficient growth conditions, were performed. The results revealed that MuD had a strongly increased light sensitivity, especially under iron limitation. The measurements of photosystem II (PS II)-mediated electron transport rates in WT and MuD strain showed that PS II activity was significantly lower in MuD than in the WT strain. Moreover, P(700) (+) re-reduction rates provided evidence that the respiratory activities, which were very low in the MuD strain in the presence of iron, significantly increased in iron-starved cells. Thus, an increase in respiration may compensate for the drastic decrease of photosynthetic electron transport activity in MuD grown under iron starvation. Based on the similarity of the S. elongatus IdiC to the NuoE subunit of the NDH-1 complex in Escherichia coli, it is likely that IdiC has a function in the electron transport processes from NAD(P)H to the plastoquinone pool. This is in agreement with the up-regulation of IdiC in the late growth phase as well as under stress conditions when PS II is damaged. As absence or high reduction of the IdiC level would prevent or reduce the formation of functional NDH-1 complexes, under such conditions electron transport routes via alternative substrate dehydrogenases, donating electrons to the plastoquinone pool, can be assumed to be up-regulated.
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- Daniel Pietsch
- Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Zellphysiologie, Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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Pisciotta JM, Zou Y, Baskakov IV. Role of the photosynthetic electron transfer chain in electrogenic activity of cyanobacteria. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 91:377-85. [PMID: 21484209 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3239-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2010] [Revised: 03/09/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Certain anaerobic bacteria, termed electrogens, produce an electric current when electrons from oxidized organic molecules are deposited to extracellular metal oxide acceptors. In these heterotrophic "metal breathers", the respiratory electron transport chain (R-ETC) works in concert with membrane-bound cytochrome oxidases to transfer electrons to the extracellular acceptors. The diversity of bacteria able to generate an electric current appears more widespread than previously thought, and aerobic phototrophs, including cyanobacteria, possess electrogenic activity. However, unlike heterotrophs, cyanobacteria electrogenic activity is light dependent, which suggests that a novel pathway could exist. To elucidate the electrogenic mechanism of cyanobacteria, the current studies used site-specific inhibitors to target components of the photosynthetic electron transport chain (P-ETC) and cytochrome oxidases. Here, we show that (1) P-ETC and, particularly, water photolysed by photosystem II (PSII) is the source of electrons discharged to the environment by illuminated cyanobacteria, and (2) water-derived electrons are transmitted from PSII to extracellular electron acceptors via plastoquinone and cytochrome bd quinol oxidase. Two cyanobacterial genera (Lyngbya and Nostoc) displayed very similar electrogenic responses when treated with P-ETC site-specific inhibitors, suggesting a conserved electrogenic pathway. We propose that in cyanobacteria, electrogenic activity may represent a form of overflow metabolism to protect cells under high-intensity light. This study offers insight into electron transfer between phototrophic microorganisms and the environment and expands our knowledge into biologically based mechanisms for harnessing solar energy.
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- John M Pisciotta
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 W. Lombard St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Dynamics of the cyanobacterial photosynthetic network: Communication and modification of membrane protein complexes. Eur J Cell Biol 2010; 89:974-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Distinct roles of multiple NDH-1 complexes in the cyanobacterial electron transport network as revealed by kinetic analysis of P700+ reduction in various Ndh-deficient mutants of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. J Bacteriol 2010; 193:292-5. [PMID: 21036997 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00984-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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While methyl viologen had only a small effect on P700(+) rereduction kinetics after far-red pulses in KCN-treated wild-type Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803 and an NdhF3/NdhF4 (NdhF3/F4)-defective mutant, it involved a rather slow P700(+) rereduction in an NdhF1-defective mutant. This strongly indicates that (i) active electron flow from metabolites to plastoquinone is suppressed upon deletion of ndhF1 and (ii) photosystem 1-mediated cyclic electron transport is dependent on NdhF3/F4-type NDH-1 complexes.
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Characterization of two cytochrome b 6 proteins from the cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2010; 42:517-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s10863-010-9279-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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