EFFECT OF IRON-DEFICIENCY ON LEVELS OF 2 FERREDOXINS AND FLAVODOXIN IN A CYANOBACTERIUM
EFFECT OF IRON-DEFICIENCY ON LEVELS OF 2 FERREDOXINS AND FLAVODOXIN IN A CYANOBACTERIUM
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1574-6968.1977.tb00612.x
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
ROGERS, LJ
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作者:
HUTBER, GN;HUTSON, KG;ROGERS, LJ
0. cefiu-'0.15 U tions. fbvodoxin luann i~ creased ua ectrum in~ aks af•, u Ior me lype II lel Iron (); M) This indicates thai ion in flavodoxin and ferredoxins with iron level, synthesis of the fe: grown, and protein estimated, as described at insertion of iron a), Type I ferredoxin;(u), Type It ferredoxin; The situation wifi in. in cyanobacteria i: paratively little wq conflicting data.(: ttum of bound flavin in the fully oxidised control of enzym (/ork curtent! y in progress on the purified relatively few exo tfirms this view. intermediary met,'Is of flavodoxin and ferredoxins in cultures altered by the pre Le different iron levels are shown in fig. 2. r~ spectively. On';~ tely 2/aM Fe appears to be a critical con- transcriptional c at which some cultures have decreased tase and phosph~ Le or both ferredoxins, though flavodoxin, resent in significant quantity. With a tease to 1/aM Fe, the levels of both ferre- et al.[I 6}, using markedly while flavodoxin is formed in amounts. These trends are continued in starvation of this which the iron concentration has been repression of all fi': teased to 0.5/aM. At this stage availability sis. The present rt• edoxlns are normally (15/aM Fe) present exists. Clearly No b of about 2:!, and this is maintained at formation tbr flay lelow thls the level of the Type I! ferre- normally expresst ap~ eferential ios~: f phycocyanin from A. nidu! ans under conditions~, f nitrogen starvation, aad Ingrain ttyptophan-requiring auxo~ rophi~ mutant ofAgraencllum quaclruplicatum, found that auxotroph for tryptophan led to d five enzymes of tryptophan biosy ntk, resent results, while not,: oncausive.,:~ ggesl Uaat transcriptional control of fenedoxin synthesis' Nostoc strain MAC also contains the b~ n tbr flavodoxin synthesis althoush this is no~ resscd under iron-sufficien*, conditions ype 1, so that Flavodoxin and the tw3 ferredoxins can therefore b, placed amongst the list) f other cyanobacterial prot~ xin is still whose synthesis L~ contJoUed at the ieve~ of the gen,: fficient culn is preferen-: ement to the ance ef this differ, races We acknowledge.,'upport from the Sc: er~ ce Resea~ oxins have Council, and lhank Dr AJ Smith for vaiu~ bte di.~ u} wn they have further decrease toxins fall significant cultures in which further decreased to 0.5 of iron begins to become limiting for cell growth. The ferredoxins are normall, in the ratio of about 2/~ M Fe. Below doxin decreases more rapidly than the TYl in cultures gsown on 0.5/~ M Fe the Type 11 is virtually absent, whereas the Type I ferredoxin is stll formed at about 30% the level in iron-sufficient lures. This suggests the Type! ferredoxin is tlaUy synthesized in iron. deficient conditions and that flavodoxin is synthesized as a replacement Type I1 ferredoxln. The po; sible significance in physiological terms is not clear as the differ, mc In the In vtvo functions of the two ferredoxins not yet been elucidated, though it is known markedly different redox pot~ ing activities in certain biolc~(KG Hutson et at., unpublisl late that the observations indi ferredoxin may be involved in viral of the organism under pl conditions, and in which it ca replaced by flavodoxin as cml Another observation to en tion of the column p¢ ofiles is absorption at 280 nm when t for the Type I! ferredoxin is n indicates that contro! is ferredoxin aI insertion of iron into the s', with regard to¢ is unclear at little work which I1 tg data. Carr [14] arl: yme symhesis few exception.;, the melabolis', n and, resence of sul, he other ha, ntrol of nit~ phosph~:. ast [14]. O s still