Analysis of the hli gene family in marine and freshwater cyanobacteria

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作者
Bhaya, D
Dufresne, A
Vaulot, D
Grossman, A
机构
[1] Carnegie Inst Sci, Dept Plant Biol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] CNRS, Biol Stn, UMR 7127, INSU, F-29682 Roscoff, France
[3] Univ Paris 06, F-29682 Roscoff, France
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00934-5
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Certain cyanobacteria thrive in natural habitats in which light intensities can reach 2000 mumol photon m(-2) s(-1) and nutrient levels are extremely low. Recently, a family of genes designated hli was demonstrated to be important for survival of cyanobacteria during exposure to high light. In this study we have identified members of the hli gene family in seven cyanobacterial genomes, including those of a marine cyanobacterium adapted to high-light growth in surface waters of the open ocean (Prochlorococcus sp. strain Med4), three marine cyanobacteria adapted to growth in moderate- or low-light (Prochlorococcus sp. strain MIT9313, Prochlorococcus marinus SS120, and Synechococcus WH8102), and three freshwater strains (the unicellular Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803 and the filamentous species Nostoc punctiforme strain ATCC29133 and Anabaena sp. {Nostoc} strain PCC7120). The high-light-adapted Prochlorococcus Med4 has the smallest genome (1.7 Mb), yet it has more than twice as many hli genes as any of the other six cyanobacterial species, some of which appear to have arisen from recent duplication events. Based on cluster analysis, some groups of hli genes appear to be specific to either marine or freshwater cyanobacteria. This information is discussed with respect to the role of hli genes in the acclimation of cyanobacteria to high light, and the possible relationships among members of this diverse gene family. (C) 2002 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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