Biochemical evidence for a timing mechanism in prochlorococcus.
J Bacteriol
; 191(17): 5342-7, 2009 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Organisms coordinate biological activities into daily cycles using an internal circadian clock. The circadian oscillator proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC are widely believed to underlie 24-h oscillations of gene expression in cyanobacteria. However, a group of very abundant cyanobacteria, namely, marine Prochlorococcus species, lost the third oscillator component, KaiA, during evolution. We demonstrate here that the remaining Kai proteins fulfill their known biochemical functions, although KaiC is hyperphosphorylated by default in this system. These data provide biochemical support for the observed evolutionary reduction of the clock locus in Prochlorococcus and are consistent with a model in which a mechanism that is less robust than the well-characterized KaiABC protein clock of Synechococcus is sufficient for biological timing in the very stable environment that Prochlorococcus inhabits.
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Asunto principal:
Regulación Bacteriana de la Expresión Génica
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Ritmo Circadiano
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Prochlorococcus
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En
Revista:
J Bacteriol
Año:
2009
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Article
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Alemania