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- Title
Changes in photosynthesis and pigmentation in an agp deletion mutant of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp.
- Authors
Xiaoling Miao; Qingyu Wu; Guifang Wu; Nanming Zhao
- Abstract
The agp gene encoding ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is involved in cyanobacterial glycogen synthesis. By in vitro DNA recombination technology, agp deletion mutant (agp-) of cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 was constructed. This mutation led to a complete absence of glycogen biosynthesis. As compared with WT (wild type), a 60% decrease in ratio of the c-phycocyanine/chlorophyll a and no significant change in the carotenoid/chlorophyll a were observed in agp- cells. The agp- mutant had 38% less photosynthetic capacity when grown in light over 600 μmol m-2 s-1. Under lower light intensity, the final biomass of the mutant strain was only 1.1 times of that of the WT strain under mixotrophic condition after 6 d culture. Under higher light intensity, however, the final biomass of the WT strain under mixotrophic conditions was 3 times that of the mutant strain after 6 d culture and 1.5 times under photoautotrophic conditions. The results indicate that there is a minimum requirement for glycogen synthesis for normal growth and development in cyanobacteria.
- Subjects
GLUCANS; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; NUCLEIC acids; BIOCHEMICAL engineering; BIOCHEMISTRY
- Publication
Biotechnology Letters, 2003, Vol 25, Issue 5, p391
- ISSN
0141-5492
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1022446330284