An insertion element prevents phycobilisome synthesis in N2-fixing Synechocystis sp. strain BO 8402.
AUTOR(ES)
Brass, S
RESUMO
The unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain BO 8402, isolated from Lake Constance, contains a novel insertion sequence, IS8402, in the apcA gene encoding a pigmented protein of phycobilisomes. IS8402 comprises 1,322 bp, flanked by two inverted repeats of 15 bp. Upon insertion in the target DNA, direct duplications of 8 nucleotides were generated. One open reading frame, potentially coding for a protein of 399 amino acids, was found. The deduced amino acid sequence shows homology to putative transposases of the IS4 family. Precise excision of the insertion element resulted in a spontaneous revertant, Synechocystis sp. strain BO 9201, that had regained the ability to form hemidiscoidal phycobilisomes. Apart from the unique insertion of IS8402 into apcA in strain BO 8402 both strains contain at least 12 further homologous insertion elements at corresponding sites in the genomes. The unique insertion in strain BO 8402 prevents the expression of apcABC operon and hence abolishes the formation of intact phycobilisomes. This decreases the quantum efficiency of photosystem II and promotes anaerobic N2 fixation in a unicellular cyanobacterium with a highly oxygen-sensitive nitrogenase.
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