著者

Hazuki Hasegawa Kan Tanaka

出版者

Applied Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Research Foundation

雑誌

The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology (ISSN:00221260)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.2023.02.001, (Released:2023-02-17)

参考文献数

20

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Certain mutations of the model cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 during laboratory storage have resulted in some divergent phenotypes. One laboratory stored strain (H1) shows a temperature-sensitive (ts) growth phenotype at 40 °C. Here, we investigated the reason for this temperature sensitivity. Whole genome sequencing of H1 identified a single nucleotide mutation in synpcc7942_R0040 encoding tRNA-Leu(CAA). The mutation decreases the length of the tRNA-Leu t-arm from 5 to 4 base pairs, and this explains the ts phenotype. Secondary mutations suppressing the ts phenotype were identified in synpcc7942_1640, which putatively encodes a NYN domain-containing protein (nynA). The NYN domain is thought to be involved in tRNA/rRNA degradation. Thus, the structural stability of tRNA-Leu is critical for growth at 40 °C in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942.

著者

Hazuki Hasegawa Tatsuhiro Tsurumaki Ikki Kobayashi Sousuke Imamura Kan Tanaka

出版者

Applied Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Research Foundation

雑誌

The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology (ISSN:00221260)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.2019.05.002, (Released:2019-09-10)

参考文献数

34

被引用文献数

5

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Proteins that bind to RNA polymerase (RNAP) sigma factors play important roles in various transcriptional regulations. In this study, we identified a candidate of the principal sigma factor interacting protein in cyanobacteria, named SinA, based on a previous comprehensive protein interaction study (Sato et al., 2007) and analyzed this in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. SinA is highly conserved among cyanobacteria and a knock out mutant showed defective growth at a usually permissive high temperature (40°C). Because this observation suggested SinA involvement in heat-inducible transcriptional activation, we examined heat-inducible protein gene hspA expression after temperature upshifts. The second-step induction disappeared after 15 min in the sinA mutant. In vivo pull-down experiments demonstrated the interaction between SinA and the principal sigma factor RpoD1. This SinA-RpoD1 complex was associated with an RNAP core enzyme under growth temperatures, but was dissociated after a temperature upshift. Based on these results, we propose a function of SinA to facilitate the substitution of the principal sigma factor with alternative sigma factors under heat-stressed conditions.