Chaperonin genes of the Synechocystis PCC 6803 are differentially regulated under light-dark transition during heat stress

Transcriptional startpoints of the two heat inducible chaperonin genes of Synechocystis PCC 6803 were mapped within the conservative CIRCE element and proved to be identical irrespective of the temperature treatment. Finding of an ORF encoding for a potential CIRCE binding repressor (HrcA) further s...

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Published in:Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1997-10, Vol.239 (1), p.291-297
Main Authors: Glatz, A, Horváth, I, Varvasovszki, V, Kovács, E, Török, Z, Vigh, L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amino Acid Sequence
Bacterial Proteins - genetics
Chaperonin 60 - genetics
Chaperonins - genetics
Cyanobacteria - genetics
Darkness
Diuron - pharmacology
DNA-Binding Proteins
Electron Transport - drug effects
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial - radiation effects
Hot Temperature
Light
Molecular Sequence Data
Open Reading Frames
Repressor Proteins - genetics
RNA, Bacterial - chemistry
Sequence Alignment
Transcription, Genetic - drug effects
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Summary:Transcriptional startpoints of the two heat inducible chaperonin genes of Synechocystis PCC 6803 were mapped within the conservative CIRCE element and proved to be identical irrespective of the temperature treatment. Finding of an ORF encoding for a potential CIRCE binding repressor (HrcA) further suggests that both groEL-analogs are regulated in a CIRCE-dependent manner. In contrast to the expectations, the chaperonin twins are differentially expressed under light-dark transition during heat stress. Not the light per se, but rather the photosynthetic electron transport appears to be accountable for the regulatory differences. Our findings support the hypothesis that multiple chaperonins play different physiological roles under stress conditions.
ISSN:0006-291X
DOI:10.1006/bbrc.1997.7463