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Synthesis of Chlorophyll-Binding Proteins in a Fully Segregated Delta ycf54 Strain of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803

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    SYSNO ASEP0469320
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleSynthesis of Chlorophyll-Binding Proteins in a Fully Segregated Delta ycf54 Strain of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803
    Author(s) Hollingshead, S. (GB)
    Kopečná, Jana (MBU-M) RID
    Armstrong, D.R. (GB)
    Bučinská, Lenka (MBU-M) RID
    Jackson, P. J. (GB)
    Chen, G.E. (GB)
    Dickman, M. J. (GB)
    Williamson, M.P. (GB)
    Sobotka, Roman (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Hunter, C. N. (GB)
    Source TitleFrontiers in Plant Science. - : Frontiers Research Foundation - ISSN 1664-462X
    Roč. 7, March 2016 (2016), s. 292
    Number of pages15 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryCH - Switzerland
    KeywordsYcf54 ; Synechocystis 6803 ; chlorophyll
    Subject RIVEF - Botanics
    R&D ProjectsGA14-13967S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    LO1416 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    Institutional supportMBU-M - RVO:61388971
    UT WOS000372078500001
    EID SCOPUS84961710198
    DOI10.3389/fpls.2016.00292
    AnnotationIn the chlorophyll (Chl) biosynthesis pathway the formation of protochlorophyllide is catalyzed by Mg-protoporphyrin IX methyl ester (MgPME) cyclase. The Ycf54 protein was recently shown to form a complex with another component of the oxidative cyclase, Sll1214 (CycI), and partial inactivation of the ycf54 gene leads to Chl deficiency in cyanobacteria and plants. The exact function of the Ycf54 is not known, however, and further progress depends on construction and characterization of a mutant cyanobacterial strain with a fully inactivated ycf54 gene. Here, we report the complete deletion of the ycf54 gene in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803; the resulting deltaycf54 strain accumulates huge concentrations of the cyclase substrate MgPME together with another pigment, which we identified using nuclear magnetic resonance as 3-formyl MgPME. The detection of a small amount (-13percent) of Chl in the deltaycf54 mutant provides clear evidence that the Ycf54 protein is important, but not essential, for activity of the oxidative cyclase. The greatly reduced formation of protochlorophyllide in the deltaycf54 strain provided an opportunity to use 35S protein labeling combined with 2D electrophoresis to examine the synthesis of all known Chl-binding protein complexes under drastically restricted de novo Chl biosynthesis. We show that although the deltaycf54 strain synthesizes very limited amounts of photosystem I and the CP47 and CP43 subunits of photosystem II (PSII), the synthesis of PSII D1 and D2 subunits and their assembly into the reaction centre (RCII) assembly intermediate were not affected. Furthermore, the levels of other Chl complexes such as cytochrome b6f and the HliD– Chl synthase remained comparable to wild-type. These data demonstrate that the requirement for de novo Chl molecules differs completely for each Chl-binding protein. Chl traffic and recycling in the cyanobacterial cell as well as the function of Ycf54 are discussed.

    WorkplaceInstitute of Microbiology
    ContactEliška Spurná, eliska.spurna@biomed.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 231
    Year of Publishing2017
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