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- Title
Synechocystis mutants defective in manganese uptake regulatory system, ManSR, are hypersensitive to strong light.
- Authors
Zorina, Anna; Sinetova, Maria; Kupriyanova, Elena; Mironov, Kirill; Molkova, Irina; Nazarenko, Lyudmila; Zinchenko, Vladislav; Los, Dmitry
- Abstract
High affinity transport of manganese ions (Mn) in cyanobacteria is carried by an ABC-type transporter, encoded by the mntCAB operon, which is derepressed by the deficiency of Mn. Transcription of this operon is negatively regulated by the two-component system consisting of a sensory histidine kinase ManS and DNA-binding response regulator ManR. In this study, we examined two Synechocystis mutants, defective in ManS and ManR. These mutants were unable to grow on high concentrations of manganese. Furthermore, they were sensitive to high light intensity and unable to recover after short-term photoinhibition. Under standard illumination and Mn concentration, mutant cells revealed the elevated levels of transcripts of genes involved in the formation of Photosystem II ( psbA, psbD, psbC, pap-operon). This finding suggests that, in mutant cells, the PSII is sensitive to high concentrations of Mn even at relatively low light intensity.
- Subjects
SYNECHOCYSTIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of manganese; EFFECT of light on cyanobacteria; PHOTOSYSTEMS; HISTIDINE kinases; DNA-binding proteins
- Publication
Photosynthesis Research, 2016, Vol 130, Issue 1-3, p11
- ISSN
0166-8595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11120-015-0214-x