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- Title
Light Wavelength as a Contributory Factor of Environmental Fitness in the Cyanobacterial Circadian Clock.
- Authors
Kawamoto, Naohiro; Nakanishi, Shuji; Shimakawa, Ginga
- Abstract
A circadian clock is an essential system that drives the 24-h expression rhythms for adaptation to day–night cycles. The molecular mechanism of the circadian clock has been extensively studied in cyanobacteria harboring the KaiC-based timing system. Nevertheless, our understanding of the physiological significance of the cyanobacterial circadian clock is still limited. In this study, we cultured wild-type Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 and circadian clock mutants in day–night cycles at different light qualities and found that the growth of the circadian clock mutants was specifically impaired during 12-h blue light/12-h dark (BD) cycles for the first time. The arrhythmic mutant kaiCAA was further analyzed by photosynthetic measurements. Compared with the wild type, the mutant exhibited decreases in the chlorophyll content, the ratio of photosystem I to II, net O2 evolution rate and efficiency of photosystem II photochemistry during BD cycles. These results indicate that the circadian clock is necessary for the growth and the maintenance of the optimum function of the photosynthetic apparatus in cyanobacteria under blue photoperiodic conditions.
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL fitness; MOLECULAR clock; SYNECHOCOCCUS elongatus; PHOTOSYSTEMS; WAVELENGTHS
- Publication
Plant & Cell Physiology, 2024, Vol 65, Issue 5, p798
- ISSN
0032-0781
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pcp/pcae022