5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID AVAILABILITY AND CONTROL OF SPECTRAL COMPLEX-FORMATION IN HEMA AND HEMT MUTANTS OF RHODOBACTER-SPHAEROIDES

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NEIDLE, EL [1 ]
KAPLAN, S [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TEXAS,HLTH SCI CTR,DEPT MICROBIOL & MOLEC GENET,POB 20708,HOUSTON,TX 77225
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10.1128/JB.175.8.2304-2313.1993
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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In the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides, two genes, hemA and hemT, each encode a distinct 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthase isozyme (E. L. Neidle and S. Kaplan, J. Bacteriol. 175:2292-2303, 1993). This enzyme catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step in a branched pathway for tetrapyrrole formation, leading to the biosynthesis of hemes, bacteriochlorophylls, and corrinoids. In an attempt to determine the functions of hemA and hemT, mutant strains were constructed with specific chromosomal disruptions. These chromosomal disruptions allowed hemA and hemT to be precisely localized on the larger and smaller of two R. sphaeroides chromosomes, respectively. Mutants carrying a single hemA or hemT disruption grew well without the addition of ALA, whereas a mutant, HemAT1, in which hemA and hemT had both been inactivated required exogenous ALA for growth. The growth rates, ALA synthase enzyme levels, and the amounts of bacteriochlorophyll-containing intracytoplasmic membrane spectral complexes of all strains were compared. Under photosynthetic growth conditions, the levels of bacteriochlorophyll, carotenoids, and B800-850 and B875 light-harvesting complexes were significantly lower in the Hem mutants than in the wild type. In the mutant strains, available bacteriochlorophyll appeared to be preferentially targeted to the B875 light-harvesting complex relative to the B800-850 complex. In strain HemAT1, the amount of B800-850 complex varied with the concentration of ALA added to the growth medium, and under conditions of ALA limitation, no B800-850 complexes could be detected. In the Hem mutants, there were aberrant transcript levels corresponding to the puc and puf operons encoding structural polypeptides of the B800-850 and B875 complexes. These results suggest that hemA and hemT expression is coupled to the genetic control of the R. sphaeroides photosynthetic apparatus.
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