Roles for heme–copper oxidases in extreme high-light and oxidative stress response in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002
- 27 April 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Archiv für Mikrobiologie
- Vol. 185 (6), 471-479
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-006-0107-7
Abstract
The ctaCIDIEI and ctaCIIDIIEII gene clusters that encode heme–copper cytochrome oxidases have been characterized in the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 and the inactivation of ctaDI was shown to affect high-light adaptation. In this study, Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 wild-type, ctaDI, ctaDII, and ctaDI–ctaDII double mutants were grown under extreme high-light and oxidative stress to further assess the roles of cytochrome oxidases in cyanobacteria. Cells of the ctaDI mutant strain barely grew under extreme high-light illumination of 4.5 mE m−2 s−1, suggesting that CtaDI is required for high-light acclimation in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. The ctaDI–ctaDII double mutant cells unexpectedly tolerated extreme high-light intensity, indicating that the disruption of ctaDII gene suppresses the high-light sensitivity phenotype of the ctaDI single mutant. The ctaDII mutant cells also exhibited higher tolerance to the oxidative stress compound, methyl viologen, in the growth media. The ctaDII mutant and the ctaDI–ctaDII double mutant cells had approximately twofold higher levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, indicating that the disruption of ctaDII gene increased the capacity to decompose active oxygen species. These results suggest that the CtaII cytochrome oxidase may be involved with the oxidative stress response, including the control of SOD expression.Keywords
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