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Characterization of phycobiliprotein and linker polypeptide genes in Fremyella diplosiphon and their regulated expression during complementary chromatic adaptation

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Phycobilisomes, comprised of both chromophoric (phycobiliproteins) and non-chromophoric (linker polypeptides) proteins, are light-harvesting complexes present in the prokaryotic cyanobacteria and the eukaryotic red algae. Many cyanobacteria exhibit complementary chromatic adaptation, a process which enables these organisms to optimize absorption of prevalent wavelengths of light by altering the composition of the phycobilisome. To examine the mechanisms involved in adjusting the levels of phycobilisome components during complementary chromatic adaptation, we have isolated and sequenced genes encoding phycobiliprotein and linker polypeptides in the cyanobacterium Fremyella diplosiphon, analyzed their transcriptional characteristics (transcript sizes and abundance when F. diplosiphon is grown in different light qualities) and mapped transcript initiation and termination sites. Our results demonstrate that genes encoding phycobilisome components are often cotranscribed as polycistronic messenger RNAs. Light quality regulates the composition of the phycobilisome by causing changes in the abundance of transcripts encoding specific components, suggesting that regulation is at the level of transcription (although not eliminating the possibility of changes in mRNA stability). The work presented here sets the foundation for analyzing the evolution of the different phycobilisome components and exploring signal transduction from photoperception to activation of specific genes using in vivo and in vitro genetic technology.

C.I.W.-D.P.B. Publication No.992

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Abbreviations

kDa:

kilodalton

kb:

kilobase pair

AP:

allophycocyanin

PC:

phycocyanin

PE:

phycoerythrin

PEC:

phycoerythrocyanin; an α or β given as a superscript to AP, PC or PE indicates specifically the α or β subunit of that biliprotein; L 9.7C , L 9.7R , L 31RC , L 35R , L 35.5R , L 37.5R and L 39R are the linker (L) polypeptides of the phycobilisome either located in the core (subscript C), the core-rod interface (subscript RC) or the rods (subscript R). Apparent molecular masses, in kDa, are indicated as superscripts to L.

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Grossman, A.R., Lemaux, P.G., Conley, P.B., Bruns, B.U., Anderson, L.K. (1988). Characterization of phycobiliprotein and linker polypeptide genes in Fremyella diplosiphon and their regulated expression during complementary chromatic adaptation. In: Govindjee (eds) Molecular Biology of Photosynthesis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2269-3_9

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